The most famous Australian photograph of World War II in New Guinea might never have seen the light if prime minister John ...

Paul Whitaker died a hero during World War II. The 24-year-old first lieutenant was posthumously awarded a Silver Star for ...

After 80 years, a World War II veteran who went missing in action has been identified, and officials say the man was a ...

The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, ...

Laudie Joseph Hanel served in the North Dakota National Guard 164th Infantry from 1941 to 1945. After training at Camp ...

Buy Sanananda: a Bastard of a Place: The Battle for the Beachhead New Guinea 1942-43 by David W. Cameron from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, Boomerang Books.

Marolda survived incessant bombing during the months-long fight for the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942. He also ...

Born in France in 1854, Alexander Coeur later immigrated to Nova Scotia, where he met and married Nellie Harrigan. The newly ...

Kinsel, who served from October 1942 to January 1946 ... and took part in the battles of Bougainville (in Papau New Guinea), Guam and Iwo Jima. He was never deployed to the front lines, according ...

The first time aircraft carriers on opposing sides engaged in combat was in May 1942, during the Battle ... effort to stop Japanese advancements in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

The 'Doomed Legion' who 'merely wanted to help Australia': The role of Prisoners during World War II Remembrance Day, ...