Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, passed away this month at the age of 102. He died of natural causes in his Bend, Oregon, ...

A Pearl Harbor sailor who died while serving on the USS Oklahoma during the infamous Dec. 7, 1941 attack that ignited the U.S. entrance into World War II is finally returning home to Louisiana for a ...

Harrison Johnson, a 10-year-old from North Carolina, is making waves with his ambitious endeavor to raise $100,000 in honor of the heroes of the Pearl Harbor attack. His campaign, "Harrison’s Heroes," ...

Pearl Harbor survivor Robert "Bob" Louie Fernandez was remembered and laid to rest in ceremonies in Lodi on Jan. 11. Fernandez, one of the last known Pearl Harbor survivors, passed away at the age 100 ...

AKELEY, Minn. — If Neal Kenneth Todd had died last week, he would have been 101 years old. Instead, the remains laid to rest Saturday, July 10, at the Akeley Cemetery were those of a 22-year-old U.S.

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The war in the Pacific in World War II has long fascinated me. The U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard waged war throughout the Pacific, including the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, against the ...

The U.S. Army veteran was one of the five survivors present at the 82nd Commemoration held on Dec. 7, 2023, at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. News of his passing was shared by ONE Stop Veterans ...

Editor’s note: In honor of the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, we are sharing this 2009 piece about Lt. John William Finn, the longest surviving Medal of Honor recipient from that battle. Finn passed ...

Ken Burns’ series on the Civil War had a poignant ending. A series of veteran reunion photos was shown featuring many men. As the photos flashed, fewer men could be seen until a final image of two old ...