Developed in response to the U.S. Army’s lack of self-propelled artillery, the 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 was born ...

Under the cover of darkness on the night of June 16, 1944, almost 40 tanks of the Japanese 9th Tank Regiment moved into position on Saipan. Their objective was to surprise and overrun the 2nd Marine ...

A type of ship that's credited with helping win World War II traveled the Ohio River recently. It is the last fully preserved World War II landing ship tank still in operation. Tim Jagielo with member ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

In September 2024, we packed up our van and drove about four and a half hours from Portland to Richland, Washington, to set up a mobile broadcast studio on the campus of Washington State University ...

Travelling to the northern end of Indonesia, Marco Ferrarese finds unique historical mementoes on Morotai island ...

Beijing is trying to delegitimise Australia’s security partnership with Japan, once an enemy of both countries, via a new ...

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, attends the ground breaking ceremony for the landmark fuel storage facility in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on September 15, 2025.

Ben Pringer and his wife, Lena Wilbers, were married in 1904 and became parents to seven sons and three daughters.

There were no more than four or five hours of air left. They needed an escape plan before the men began to slip into ...

The marines expect thousands of drones to be in the hands of marines by the end of the year. Marines have already been trained to maintain, operate and make the best use of their new drone capability.