After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in World War II even as their families were locked up in ...

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...

They will search for remains of four U.S. soldiers, including a general who became a hero after his refusal to obey Japanese orders led to his execution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Family and friends of seven Japanese-American soldiers attended a posthumous commission ceremony at Ke’ehi Lagoon Memorial State ...

Seven Japanese-American soldiers who were once deemed “enemy aliens” but fought for the Army during World War II were posthumously commissioned as Army officers. Prior to the war, all seven had been ...

Japanese prisoners of war arrived at Camp Clarinda in Iowa in early 1945, meeting a tense and hostile reception. Unlike German POWs who were integrated into some communities, Japanese prisoners faced ...

HONOLULU — Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been ...

HONOLULU -- Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been ...

KEEHI LAGOON MEMORIAL STATE PARK, Hawaii — The Army has posthumously commissioned seven University of Hawaii ROTC cadets of Japanese descent who were killed during World War II while fighting as ...

Faith Shiramizu places a lei on a framed photo of her uncle, Howard Urabe, a former University of Hawaii ROTC cadet, after a posthumous commissioning ceremony at Ke'ehi Lagoon Memorial Park on Monday ...