When Japanese forces outlawed Christian worship and promoted polygamy in Papua New Guinea, a young lay catechist refused to ...

President Biden twice implied Wednesday that his uncle Ambrose Finnegan was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea after his plane went down during World War II.

A U.S. Army lieutenant who paid the ultimate sacrifice more than 80 years ago was honored with a symbolic homecoming ceremony to Wichita. On Friday, Lt. Herbert Tennyson was laid to rest next to his ...

Permanently formed in 1918, America's First Corps had already established a reputation for excellence in combat by the time the United States entered World War II.

As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before ...

The remains of 2nd Lt. Alfred J. Hamwey were designated as "non-recoverable" in 1949, but he was found in late 2022. He will be interred in Jacksonville on Sept. 12.

1st Lt. Herbert Tennyson, whose plane was shot down over Papua New Guinea in 1944, was buried Friday morning with full ...

Flags in Iowa will be at half-staff on Saturday, June 28, in honor of a World War II veteran whose remains had been missing since 1945.

A restored Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber, Hell'n Pelican II, has returned to Papua New Guinea 80 years after crash-landing during WWII. Now displayed at the PNG National Museum, the aircraft honors ...

A community school classroom building in Papua New Guinea recently was named for Elmer “Eddie” Carruthers Jr., who was killed in action during World War II not far from the building now named ...

CBS News Pittsburgh The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that a Washington County World War II veteran has been positively identified 81 years after his disappearance.

As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before ...