The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...
SWEETWATER COUNTY -- From America’s entry into World War II in December of 1941 to the end of the conflict early in September, 1945, the United States Navy surged from under 340,000 officers and ...
As Capt. Roy "Butch" Voris trained with other naval aviators in preparation for the public debut of the Blue Angels, the nascent aerobatic team put on a demonstration for a senior member of Adm.
The US Navy banned alcohol consumption on naval vessels, bases and shipyards in 1914. As the US faced the impending threat of war, sailors needed an alternative morale boost: ice cream. The Navy built ...
Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 feet into one of the world’s deepest submarine chasms. The U.S.S. Johnston ...
In August 1945, John K. Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey’s USS “Missouri” ...
The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...
Atlanta World War II veteran Albert Henley "Hank" Sturgess Jr. died on Sunday at the age of 103. Sturgess earned nine battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for his bravery while serving in ...
CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO)- A World War II Navy veteran from Southern Colorado is celebrating a huge milestone, he just reached his 100th birthday. According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, ...
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