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The USS Laffey, a storied warship now docked at Patriots Point, remains a symbol of resilience and heroism decades after ...
In December 1942, the heavily damaged USS New Orleans made a remarkable arrival at Sydney Harbor - sailing in reverse after a ...
The very versatile J2F Duck was used first and foremost as an air-sea rescue aircraft. In the world of Mother Nature, the ...
The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...
The walls and roof of the German U-boat pens at Saint-Nazaire France proved too strong for allied bombers during World War II.
The full cost of the dry docking is estimated at $1.5 million. Another $500,000 is still needed by September to make the mission possible.
Maurice Atkins had two WWII-era oil-stained life jackets — the first saved his life when the Empress of Asia was bombed off ...
Here we had a total of 13 slides, some duplicated, of a young man in naval uniform, another in a pin-stripe suit and a bride in a wedding dress.
A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of ...
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - The last four living World War II veterans in Dearborn County were all under one roof on Friday afternoon. Clarence Cook, JC Lewis and George Lingg made their way to the ...