On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century while at the same time setting in motion one of the greatest ...

LAS CRUCES – The annual Bataan Memorial Death March, originally scheduled for next month, will once again be held as a virtual event instead of in person at White Sands Missile Range, the installation ...

POLAND — Local veteran Ron Hosler will be the guest speaker for this month’s World War II Heritage Group gathering at A La Cart Catering in Canfield on Dec. 16. Hosler was commissioned an infantry ...

More than eight decades after he went missing during one of World War II's most brutal chapter's, U.S. Army Corporal James M.

Paul Ruiz didn’t always have an easy time growing up as a Filipino American in the Bay Area. “I can’t tell you how many people have told me, ‘Go back to where you came from,'” says the 58-year-old ...

Pvt. Lester Tenney of Illinois’ 192nd Tank Battalion felt lucky. The Japanese officer’s sword missed his head and neck. Although he was left with a large gash on his shoulder, medics could quickly sew ...

Ben Skardon, the oldest American survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II, has died this week at the age of 104. His passing on Monday comes just days after "being informed of the ...

MIDDLETOWN — Robert K. Honshul, a member of the Army Air Force during World War II, was a prisoner of war in the Bataan Death March. But Honshul rarely, if ever, discussed the horrific war-time ...

When American and Filipino forces surrendered in the Philippines on April 9, 1942, just months into Japan’s invasion of the islands, Technician Fifth Class Julius St. John Knudsen of the 194th Tank ...

The Cape County Historical Society received an educational grant from the Missouri Humanity Council for its Red Clifton Military Collection. Totes are being organized for organizations to check out ...

Sgt. First Class Curt Loter, a United States Army Artist in Residence with the Center of Military History, painted his interpretation of the March 19, 2023 Bataan Memorial Death March titled “Better ...

Over 4,000 people participated in the 34th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March which was held live and in person for the first time in three years March 19 at White Sands Missile Range. The event ...