A WWII veteran and longtime VFW member, Kirk was the first Black commander of the organization’s Minnesota chapter.

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An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

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Missing in Action. Just six weeks before World War II would end, the news came to four U.S. service member Families via telegram. Two ...

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to collapse.

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

The earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead. "All temples and pagodas have collapsed," says a Mandalay resident, the country's ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed.