Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

After high school, Albert joined the Navy, serving his country for four years during World War II. "The Pacific Ocean aboard ...

World War II U.S. Navy Veteran, Joseph McCarron, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by friends and loved ones earlier ...

Flying during Women's History Month, the flag is a particularly poignant choice for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile ...

Fox took this footage and I was the Navy analytical talking head. He was the historian. We got canceled after eight episodes — which is not surprising for a World War II TV show. We were ...

Lewis enlisted in 1945 at the age of 17. He was at Iwo Jima, where his unit cleared caves of remaining Japanese soldiers.

In 2023, an estimated 119,000 American World War II veterans were alive ... before applying to the U.S. Naval Academy. He entered in 1939. There, he accomplished the unthinkable: Midshipman ...

"And it's important to understand that the Navy at the time, prior to World War II, was largely a southern outfit," Knoblock said. "Most of the officers were southern. And the prejudices that they ...

After high school, Albert joined the Navy, serving his country for four years during World War II. "The Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Nicholas. That was the DD 449. That's Destroyer Division 449.