A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a naval captain ordered a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his fighter plane into the American vessel.

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with ... it on a tray against the rail beneath the flag. Marine rifle guards gave a gun salute and a bugler played taps.

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino and American soldiers are conducting a joint military training called “Exercise Salaknib” in Nueva Ecija to sharpen their skills in warfare. Filipino soldiers ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania's political and religious leaders joined thousands of people on Thursday to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the ...