Ben Jacobs had just moved to a home in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 1 ... He lost items from his grandfather who was in the military in World War II. They lost art and wine they’d collected ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. It is said the Allies had help defeating the Japanese forces from a ...

The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in northeastern Myanmar, might seem a respite from the country’s brutal civil war. Instead the ... Southeast Asia and the Pacific for the United Nations ...

History books can only cover so much, and most of us haven’t cracked one open since we were in college. But if you want to ...

A Pacific Palisades resident who recently sold his home and moved out of state shared photos with The Independent of his old street, which he described as looking “like a war zone.” ...

GC Images Affleck, 52, flashed a smile at one ... The Oscar winner returned to his Pacific Palisades home on Wednesday and was relieved his home had survived the ravaging fires.

I read the book “The Things They Carried.” It is about the soldiers of Vietnam and the things that were in their rucksacks.

The loss of the steamship Pacific on November 4, 1875, left the community of Victoria, British Columbia, in shock. Laden with ...

“It was destroyed by drone crews from the 155th Guards Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet,” Rybar ... Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images People rally in support of ...

Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...