The 1940s was a decade shaped by global conflict, post-war reconstruction, and the rise of Modernist ideals. And the typography of the era reflects these dramatic contrasts neatly, with the best ...

Compared to today's New Year's Eve celebrations, with blaring televisions showing the ball dropping in Times Square, those in the 1940s were simple. TV was still a few years off back then, so there ...

In a statement released on Oct. 10 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, Ishiba referred to the speech delivered by then House of Representatives lawmaker Takao Saito at the ...

Coined by the military as "landing ship, tanks," or LSTs, U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific ...