The Peleliu airstrip, also known as the Sledge runway, was the scene of the 1944 Battle of Peleliu ... Last year, the US checked up on the island of Tinian, a piece of US territory belonging ...

Within a year of the Battle of Tinian, the airfield became a launching point for B-29 bombers targeting Imperial Japan, including the Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August ...

Editor's note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima ... Roi-Namur (Kwajalein), Eniwetok, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey ...

A Blair County man who lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized by the nonprofit Stories Behind the ...

On July 26, 1945, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis landed on Tinian Island in the northern Pacific and delivered components for the atomic bomb that 11 days later would be dropped on Hiroshima.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Ed Monnie, a World War II veteran and former Navy medic, celebrated his 100th birthday in Escondido ...

Losses stemming from the battle so drastically reduced Japanese airpower that kamikaze operations were used throughout the rest of the war. It should be noted that Mexican and Australian troops ...