A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

On December 19, 1944, the East China Sea became the stage for a high-stakes submarine duel. Japan’s newest aircraft carrier, Unryū, was on her first combat mission when an American torpedo struck, ...

Unlike Japan's dwarf submarines of World War II, the I-400 subs were 400 feet ... making them the first aircraft carrier that could travel underwater. Read more: The 10 Most Legendary Ships ...

Newsweek 's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. As of March 14, the locations of 12 ...

Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army ... aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

One major takeaway that the United States took away from World War II regarding military strategy was the importance of naval combat. When Japan failed to destroy the US aircraft carrier fleet ...

In the aftermath of Japan’s surprise ... The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and played a crucial role.

Step inside this floating museum of history. It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like the USS Intrepid during World ...