The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

From crumbling steel to personal artifacts, each item tells a story — and one PEOPLE reporter recently got an up close and ...

On a sleepy Sunday morning in 1941, the Hawaiian island of Oahu couldn’t have looked anymore idyllic. Even with the fairly ...

After the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. needed to strike back. But the first attempt at retaliation was rushed, ...