Henry Diedrich poses with his memoir, “Voyages Thru Calm Yet Stormy Seas,” at his home at Rock Island’s Friendship Manor. The ...

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

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.

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

Luxury ocean-liner company Cunard pays tribute to veterans by welcoming them aboard transatlantic voyages on its ship the ...

In a letter dated Feb. 3, 1945, he tells his mother and father: “Keep going to church and praying and don’t worry too much, I have fullest confidence in myself and not worried about action, only about ...

The term fast battleship is applied to a class of ships that was fast enough to perform tasks like escorting aircraft ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima’s 75th anniversary is commemorated by Marines in 2020. They honor the loss of 70,000 U.S. soldiers. Cowboys 9x All-Pro predicted to cut ties with Dallas, join Bears 7 ...

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 ...

Many folks refer to it as the Iwo Jima Memorial. Inspired By A Powerful World War II Photograph On Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima and placed ...