In February 1944, the United States launched a devastating attack on Truk Lagoon, a critical Japanese naval base in the Caroline Islands, drawing immediate comparisons to Pearl Harbor. Once considered ...

Below its emerald waters, these tropical islands in the heart of the Pacific conceal the world's biggest underwater graveyard ...

In 1944, the US Navy commences Operation Hailstone, a 48 hours combined air and ground attack that devastates the Japanese position at Truk Lagoon, an atoll in Micronesia.

The Rio de Janeiro was a passenger and cargo liner that sank during Operation Hailstone in 1944, when the US Navy attacked Japanese forces at Truk Lagoon and sank 200,000 tons of shipping ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched a new fund to improve the sustainability of leather supply chains and protect ...

In this commended image, Martin Broen dove into the control room of the Rio de Janeiro wreck in Micronesia's Truk Lagoon. The Rio de Janeiro was a passenger and cargo liner that sank during Operation ...

High school boys basketball sectional championship scores from around Indiana on Saturday, March 8, 2025.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A statewide child exploitation operation dubbed “Operation Byte Down” has led to the arrest of 17 people across Georgia. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, GBI ...