Today in SCV History, on Dec. 8, 1941, the same day Congress formally declared war on Japan, federal authorities began acting ...

P-51 Mustang units assigned to Iwo Jima in the Pacific during 1945. These courageous and brave pilots battled the odds to fly all the way to Tokyo to protect and escort the B-29 Superfortresses as ...

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy rounded up and murdered German citizens working in New Guinea, nationals of a country[...

Japanese hold-outs after the second world war are quite the never-ending source of interesting stories. Japanese soldiers ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

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There have been many great Japanese Animated movies released over the years, from classics like Akira to recent hits like The ...

With Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood created his best war film by taking a look at the Japanese side of World War II.

The Zhoushan archipelago, off the northern coast of Zhejiang province, is best known for its large varieties of fine marine ...

An Ipswich, Massachusetts, man is set to tell his father's World War II story on Veterans Day to the rest of the country.The story centers on Jim Kurtz’s father, Robert Kurtz, who came home from war ...

The home of Bucks County's world-renowned woodworker George Nakashima is imperiled unless it receives climate-control ...

"The Long Way Home" premieres on PBS November 11 at 11 P.M. and will re-air November 16 at 1 P.M. Marian Takens grew up as one of eight children. Originally from Grand Rapids, her family left Michigan ...