The Pacific was divided into the South West Pacific Area (SWPA), under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and the Pacific Ocean Area (POA), under the command of Adm. Chester Nimitz.

Wikimedia CommonsThe USS Hornet leaving Hampton Roads in October 1941. The search for the wreckage of the USS Hornet, an American aircraft carrier used during the Tokyo air raid in World War II ...

Visit the TV show page for 'World War II: The Pacific Theater' on Moviefone. Discover the show's synopsis, cast details, and season information. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and episode ...

The wreck of a US warship that sank in a battle during the Second World War has been discovered in the depths of the Pacific. The destroyer, USS Edsall, went down in 1942 off the coast of Australia.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO—According to a Live Science report, maritime archaeologists Jason Raupp and Dominic Bush of the archaeological nonprofit Ships of Discovery have found three World War II ...

Satellite Photos Show US Reclaiming World War II ... a string of sparsely populated islets in the Western Pacific Ocean that ... all in support of operations in the vast Indo-Pacific theater. ...

The remains of the pilot of a downed World War II Army bomber that was the subject of a pioneering recovery project in the Pacific Ocean have been identified, the Defense Department said Tuesday ...

A high-resolution synthetic aperture sonar image of the USS Stewart, also known as the "Ghost Ship of the Pacific" Ocean Infinity In May of 1946, the United States Navy gave one of their own ...

In 1945, as Japan was occupied at the end of World War II, the ship was found afloat at Kure, Japan. Recommissioned once more as the USS Stewart, the old destroyer was towed back to San Francisco ...