As World War 2 was coming to an end, the Japanese forces cornered at the Philippine Archipelago resorted to the most ...

On Oct. 20, 1944, U.S. general waded into the waters at Leyte as World War II moved toward its final chapters.

The task of reconstructing Europe after World War II was divvied up among the handful of victorious nations. But in the Pacific, the job of rebuilding Japan fell, effectively, to a single man: U.S.

Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941 -- Part one: Escape, 1941-1942 -- 1. First charge, first war -- 2. West Point to the Philippines -- 3. Manila before the storm -- 4. Lost hours -- 5. Blame and ...

General Douglas MacArthur wades through knee-deep waters on the approach to “Red Beach” located north of Palo near Tacloban on Leyte Island in the Philippines. His face is stern, defiant. He strides ...

Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur, 61-year-old former chief of staff, today was placed in command of a new army component to be known ...

In August 1945, John K. Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey’s USS “Missouri” ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A MacArthur Memorial Museum artifact is one of the top 10 finalists for the conservation prize from the Virginia Association of Museums. General Douglas MacArthur's iconic cap was voted ...

On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in his return to the Philippines against Japanese forces in World War II, fulfilling a promise he made (“I shall return”) after being ordered to ...