Japan learned of an Allied invasion in the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal and quickly dispatched Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa ...

Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone’s extraordinary heroism in World War II, from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, stands as a powerful ...

By STEVE PFARRER For the Gazette Stephen Platt, who teaches 19th and 20th century Chinese history at the University of ...

In June 1944, the parents of U.S. Army Sgt. Alfred A. Ranio of Olean received a dreaded notice from the U.S. War Department.

This Memorial Day, you could have done much worse than remember John Basilone. Eighty years ago, the U.S. military was grinding it out from one Japanese-held Pacific island to another in a brutal, ...

The event, named for Connecticut’s own 43rd Infantry Division 169th Regiment, was staffed with re-enactors of the 169th ...

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

One of the highlights of my genealogical journey has been the great privilege I have had to spend two decades corresponding ...

Revolutionary War General Charles Lee, Second in Command to General Washington, spent time in Yonkers By Mary Hoar, City of Yonkers Historian, President Emeritus Yonkers Historical Society, recipient ...

He commanded the U. S. Naval Battleship Division Six during the Battle of Guadalcanal that turned back a Japanese invasion force headed for the island. The victory ended Japanese attempts to reinforce ...