Henry Diedrich poses with his memoir, “Voyages Thru Calm Yet Stormy Seas,” at his home at Rock Island’s Friendship Manor. The ...
There’s a painting of the ship, the USS Nevada, a piece of the Nevada’s teakwood deck, a photo of Ramsey as a ... record at Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, but less name recognition ...
US Coast Guard Photo The last World War I-era American dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35) will remain in the Port of Galveston as a museum ship ... in the February 1945 Iwo Jima invasion.
The USS Bismarck Sea was the last U.S. aircraft carrier lost in battle, sunk by a dual Japanese kamikaze attack during the ...
The USS Edsall, a 314-foot destroyer, was built in 1919 and commissioned in 1920. During World War II, the ship took part in numerous conveys, protecting other vessels from Japanese attacks in ...
An American World War II warship that played a key role in Allied ... “The wreck of this ship is a hallowed site, serving as a marker for the 185 U.S. Navy personnel and 31 U.S. Army Air Force ...
The term fast battleship is applied to a class of ships that was fast enough to perform ... participating in major battles like Iwo Jima and Okinawa. -After the war, plans to convert her for ...