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Navajo Code Talkers played a key role in helping the United States and Allied Forces relay unbreakable military command messages during World War II.

Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Shigetaro Shimada held views in support of General, turned Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo. This relationship ensured naval support for war.

The Imperial Japanese Navy's attempt to prevent the fall of the Mariana Islands resulted in the Pacific War's greatest clash of carrier aircraft over the Philippine Sea.

Characteristically portrayed as a stoic hardman, Marvin is best remembered as a gruff, no-nonsense tough guy. But beneath that veneer, a big heart was beating.

Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these actors, directors and producers more for what they would accomplish later than for the War.

Bringing order to the Pacific region after the chaos of WWII was a new challenge involving the coordinated work of several U. S. agencies.

Veterans and civilians alike are interred in the cemetery across from the Pentagon near Washington D.C.

The Knights of Columbus is a Roman Catholic fraternal society, first established to provide its members with insurance and protection.

Does a recent discovery provide clues to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance?

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator distinguished itself in battle and became one of the most recognized aircraft of the Second World War.

The most successful captain of Man United and his country's only selectee in the FIFA's 100 greatest living players, Keane's story combines success and controversy.

Vice Admiral Nagumo's string of successes included Pearl Harbor, Rabaul, Port Darwin, and Ceylon, leading to a feeling of invincibility & causing the blunders at Midway.

For the last seventy years researchers have tried to solve an enduring mystery--what happened to Amelia Earhart. Recently new theories have emerged.

No one has been able to explain exactly what happened to Amelia Earhart, the Kansas pilot who vanished over the Pacific Ocean when she attempted to fly around the world.

In appointing his former Republic of Ireland team mate/enemy as manager, Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn takes a big risk