It was the first time he landed troops on an enemy-held island in World War II. Unscathed, he went on to make five more ...
An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the idea during WWII. The ...
The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of ...
The USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named in honor of five heroic brothers lost in World ...
The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as the worst aircraft ...
Boasting a 51-year career, the U.S.S. Missouri initially launched from the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn in 1944.
Through mitochondrial DNA analysis, scientists were able to identify Wiper Spotts' remains, and return his remains to his ...
My father, a longtime Milwaukeean, duped Nazis with a fake army during World War II– then stayed silent about his secret ...
After a week-long train ride across the United States from Florida to San Francisco, Robert "Bob" Chamberlin, 100, remembered the first time he set eyes on the USS Louisville. It was the ship he ...
The family of a World War Two veteran is calling on the community to attend his funeral after he passed away aged 99. Ron ...
Even though age made some of those memories fuzzy, the black and white photos taken by World War II veteran Emerald Knudson ...
A local World War II veteran looks back on his military service as a time he encountered much danger but also adventure. Bill ...