In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...

The US Marine Corps has a new island-hopping strategy for a possible war ... And that could jeopardize the Marines’ Pacific war strategy. The Medium Landing Ship shouldn’t have been so ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down so many Japanese ...