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

The New Guinea Campaign (January 1942 - August 1945) involved a series of battles to reclaim New Guinea from Imperial Japanese forces; and combined with the Battles of Leyte Gulf (October 23-26 ...

After more than eight decades, a Wichita World War II veteran has finally returned home. 1st Lt. Herbert Tennyson, whose plane was shot down over Papua New Guinea in 1944, was buried Friday morning ...

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 ...

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 ...

Papua New Guinea classroom named for fallen WWII Seabee. By Michael Bragg Jul 25, 2015 ... Elmer “Eddie” Carruthers Jr., who was killed in action during World War II.

24-year-old WWII pilot from Jacksonville who crashed in New Guinea identified 79 years later The remains of 2nd Lt. Alfred J. Hamwey were designated as "non-recoverable" in 1949, but he was found ...

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 Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that a Washington County World War II veteran has been positively identified 81 years after his disappearance. U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd ...