World May 08 What Russia's low‑key Victory Day celebrations reveal about Putin and the war in Ukraine Rumblings of unhappiness with some of the Kremlin’s wartime policies have put the spotlight on Vladimir Putin, who is due to make a speech on Saturday to mark Victory Day, commemorating victory over Nazi Germany 81 years ago. By Daria Litvinova, Barry Hatton, Associated Press
World Mar 19 WATCH: 'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?' Trump says when Japanese reporter asks why allies didn't know about Iran plan "We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?" the president responded while sitting next to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. By Dan Cooney
Nation Nov 11 WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional Gold Medal, lawmakers say A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses. The nurses were trailblazers who saved lives and paved the way for nursing in the military today.
World Sep 12 Japan's imperial family pays respects to Nagasaki victims 80 years after atomic bombing The United States dropped a plutonium bomb on the southwestern city of Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 1945, killing more than 70,000 people by the end of that year. By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
Aug 15 Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed “remorse” over the war, which he called a mistake. Continue reading
Aug 06 At 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, survivors fear lessons may be forgotten as nuclear threat rises By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press “There will be nobody left to pass on this sad and painful experience in 10 years or 20 years,” said Minoru Suzuto, a 94-year-old survivor. Continue reading
Jul 20 'Papa Jake' Larson, D-Day veteran and beloved TikTok storyteller, dies at 102 By Angela Charlton, Associated Press D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102. Continue reading
May 26 Watch 8:50 Japanese American veteran built bridges between cultures after WWII By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Cali Steffenhagen On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime building bridges between the two cultures he called… Continue watching
May 26 Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning filmmaker who made 'The Sorrow and the Pity,' is dead at 97 By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press The Academy Award-winning filmmaker's landmark 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis during World War II. Continue reading