It was the first time he landed troops on an enemy-held island in World War II. Unscathed ... sweeping harbors for mines and ...

A high point for the Sealion and the US Navy would occur about about two months later when ... The Sealion would become the only submarine to sink a military ship in World War II, he said. The war ...

Proudly displayed in four photo albums, they show the journey that a farm boy from the Streator, Illinois, area took after he ...

All photos belong ... a decorated World War II hero. Basilone’s actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 earned him ...

Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, ...

The USS Wisconsin (BB-65), one of the formidable Iowa-class battleships, faced not just the enemy during World War II but also the ... protection to the United States Navy's Third Fleet's Fast ...

On Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacked Peal Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, killing 2,403 soldiers, sailors and civilians.

“Red Army soldiers, brave and courageous sailors of the Black Sea Fleet ... the Germans bombed without interruption and shelled us with heavy guns around the clock and, somewhere around ...

Impact Link The USS Growler was once a top-secret US Navy submarine that patrolled the ocean's depths during the Cold War ... a 900-foot-long World War II-era aircraft carrier.

Broomfield veteran David Searle served in the Navy during World War II and shared some of his stories ahead of Veterans Day ...

A local World War II veteran looks back on his military service as a time he encountered much danger but also adventure. Bill ...