In 1959, Tamiya began making plastic models, focusing on high quality work and elegant box designs by Japanese illustrator Shigeru Komatsuzaki (1915-2001).

The historic Battleship Texas now has an official home in Galveston after a lease agreement was signed today for Pier 15, ...

Explorers have discovered wartime torpedoes among the wreckage of a sunken U.S. destroyer that went down near the Solomon ...

One of the most intense and iconic battles of World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima pushed both sides to their limits. In this ...

During World War II, the Pacific theater was marked by powerful naval clashes, including the rise and fall of Japan’s ...

Jake Larson, a World War II veteran known for his TikTok videos sharing his stories from D-Day and other famous battles, has ...

Papa Jake, whose real name was Jake Larson, was 102. The World War II veteran was famous for his infectious spirit. His life started on the family farm just outside the city of Hope. It could have ...

Photos show the USS Laffey still sitting upright on the seafloor with much of her bow and midsection intact despite more than ...

The USS Laffey (DD-459) sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942. According to the USS Laffey Association ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in ...

The versatile ship served as the flagship for the Pacific Fleet from 1921 to 1940. The San Pedro-based portion of the fleet, ...

A famed Japanese destroyer lost in 1942 has been found severed on the South Pacific seafloor — the result of a fantastic David-vs.-Goliath sea battle that remains the stuff of legend for the U.S. Navy ...