Many of Japan’s Asian neighbors, including the Philippines, came under Japanese aggression until its defeat in World War II and Japan’s efforts to bolster its military role and spending could ...

The museum, which opened in 2011, was created by Higinio “Buddy” Clark Mendoza, son of a former Palawan war veteran. A helmet ...

After surviving the Bataan Death March, Army Maj. James O'Donovan died in a prisoner of war camp. His remains went ...

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. held separate bilateral meetings with defense officials from Japan, Ukraine, and the ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed ... who died in battle during World War II. Japan is Hegseth's second ...

As World War 2 was coming to an end, the Japanese forces cornered at the Philippine Archipelago resorted to the most primitive tactics to halt the American advance, inflicting a lot of pain on the ...

USMC F/A-18C/D Hornets from VMFA-323 will participate in a SINKEX alongside allied forces from the Philippines ... USS Brattleboro post WW2, performing experimental testing.

Two sisters in their 80s of Japanese descent in the Philippines who had been stateless before being granted citizenship from ...

Control of Midway island was part of the Japanese navy’s plan to dominate the Pacific. American codebreakers had other ideas.

It happened in the Philippines (then an American colony) during the early days of World War II, when the Japanese invaded the islands after attacking Pearl Harbor. Wainwright became the top United ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison ... at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines. In 2022, the sets of remains were ...

The Department of Defense is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, one the great historical ... spent as prisoners of war in the Philippines. During the siege and ...