Rehrig, a World War II sailor, in honor of Memorial Day.  Horace F. Rehrig grew up in West Bowmanstown, went to Lehighton ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial at ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot preparing to die for his country. It’s found ...

Treated as “gods” for sacrificing their lives to protect their country and their families, kamikaze pilots have inspired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the more than 11 million American armed service members who served during World War II, only about 66,000 are still alive today ...

Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the ...

The Japanese word “kamikaze” means “divine wind.” In a military history context, the term was first applied to a force of Mother Nature that saved Japan by destroying Kublai Khan’s would-be invading ...

Turkish uncrewed aerial vehicle developer Baykar Technology has unveiled what it describes as the “largest ‘kamikaze’ platform in its class”, after performing a two-day campaign of multi-aircraft ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

USS Missouri Kamikaze Attack This image provided by the U.S. National Archives shows a scan of a photo of a Japanese Zero fighter plane hitting the USS Missouri in waters off Okinawa, Japan on April ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed ...