DeWitt's illustrated slide presentation highlighted the battle's significance in winning the Pacific war and honored the 100 Connecticut residents who lost their lives.

Marine Robert C. Brutinel fought in the bloodiest battles of WWII in the South Pacific, including Guadalcanal, Choiseul and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Navajo Code Talkers played crucial role in World War II, creating an "unbreakable code" that remains ...

Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, there were over 12,000 women acting as nurses within the military. Most of them ...

NEW YORK – On Saturday morning, nestled between the USS Intrepid, New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, and the cruise terminal, the ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS John Basilone into service this weekend. The ship bears the name of a Buffalo native and ...

The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of ...

I cannot celebrate Veterans Day without wonderful thoughts of my late husband, Jim Goodrich, who served in World War II in ...

Veterans Day has its roots in a proclamation issued by President Woodrow Wilson in November 1919, a year after World War I ...

With Veterans Day upon us, it’s the perfect time to share the remarkable story of the Lowry family of Sophia, W.Va. James “Jim” Kent Lowry and his four brothers served in some of the most critical and ...