The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

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Charles Jackson French, a WWII Navy hero, will have a destroyer named after him. He saved 15 men from shark-infested waters in 1942.

Downtown Norfolk should be considered for the future home of the Navy Museum, Norfolk Historical Society board member Michael ...

On the humid night of August 21, 1942, American Marines on Guadalcanal uncover detailed Japanese plans to retake Henderson Field. As they prepare for the looming assault, the stakes rise, intelligence ...

The potency of the US Navy’s air power increased at a bewildering rate during the second world war. From hair-raising early ...

Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...

America250PA last week dedicated a custom-designed bell sculpture outside the former Tacony home of World War II hero Al Schmid as part of its Bells Across PA initiative, a statewide public art series ...

Seaman 1st Class Calvin Graham shortly after enlistment in 1942, when he was 12 years old, and the ship on which he was stationed, the USS South Dakota, in August 1943 near the Norfolk Naval Shipyard ...