Pvt. Willard D. Merrill died as a prisoner of war after he was among those captured when U.S. forces in Bataan, Philippines, surrendered to the Japanese.

The Department of Defense is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, one the great historical events ...

DNA testing identified Harland Hennessey, 24, of Boonville, who died in 1942 in the Philippines. Now, he's coming home.

U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey of Boonville was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.

Katie Thurston was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2025 at the age of 34. “I had a small lump in my breast around the 10’oclock [sic] spot,” the former Bachelorette wrote via her ...

They took over most of the South China Sea islands, except for one called Corregidor. Xi Jinping Breaks Silence on US Tariff War La Niña is dead. Here’s what to expect in the coming months ...

Gabriella Asare, Brentwood, Jr. Asare’s personal-best of 15.25 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles is the second-best mark of any returning Long Island runner. Breanne Barnett, Baldwin, Jr.

As a reminder, Marcos declared April 9 a regular holiday to mark Araw ng Kagitingan, which honors the heroism of Filipino and American soldiers during World War II, particularly during the Fall of ...

Wainwright would carry on the struggle for another month on a small island called Corregidor, a few miles off the tip of Bataan. He finally agreed to surrender himself and the rest of the ...

North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal remains off-limits to outsiders to protect the Sentinelese, an uncontacted tribe. With a history of lethal resistance to intrusions, the island’s ...

1:46 Small N.B. island community with only bridge to Maine caught up in tariff war Ottawa has exempted a small New Brunswick island off the coast of Maine from Canadian counter-tariffs it imposed ...