DPAA has commenced a multiyear mission to account for Americans lost in the WWII sinking of a Japanese prisoner transport ship in the Philippines.

Thomas McGuire Jr. was chasing Dick Bong's record when his life was cut short several months before war's end.

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 ...

Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge though a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. What followed became one of the most extraordinary individual actions of the Pacific War, earning Gray ...

In June 1944 during World War II, Japanese tanks charged Marine lines on Saipan believing their armor would protect them. The ...

I'm not a sports fan at all, but I can enjoy a good sports movie. Saipan is a bit of a curio, running counter to the usual sports film narrative. Instead of training montages, there are carousing ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) In the summer of 2002, a dispute inside the Republic of Ireland's football camp spiralled into a national controversy. Few sporting rows have lodged themselves in the Irish ...

University of Winchester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Don’t make the mistake of thinking Saipan is a film about the brutal second world war battle on this small Pacific island.

A billionaire who previously financed an extravagant casino venture on a secluded US island is currently in federal custody due to her immigration status. ICE apprehended Cui Lijie, a 68-year-old ...

“We had a notion that we were actually going to go to Saipan,” reveals Glenn Leyburn of how Saipan was almost shot on the titular tropical island where a bust-up between Republic of Ireland manager ...

It was a Greek tragedy in Japan which split the Republic of Ireland. The infamous clash between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy before the 2002 World Cup was sparked by the lack of footballs, water and ...