The river gunboat USS Panay steams on the Yangtze River near Nanjing, China, in December 1937. As the Japanese Imperial Army bore down on Nanjing, reports began flooding in to the US Embassy of ...

Here we take a look at the bombing of the USS Panay in 1937, the secret air attack by Japanese forces that infuriated Americans and nearly pushed the United States into war. This is the second ...

On December 12, 1937, the US Navy river gunboat USS Panay and three Standard Oil Company tankers were evacuating American citizens trapped by Japan’s invasion of Nanjing when they were targeted ...

On December 12, 1937, the US Navy river gunboat USS Panay and three Standard Oil Company tankers were evacuating American citizens trapped by Japan’s invasion of Nanjing when they were targeted ...

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor ...