It was the first time he landed troops on an enemy-held island in World War II. Unscathed ... sweeping harbors for mines and ...
West Point graduate Milton Shoss survived U.S. fighting in the Philippines during ... to meet us at the airport. You’ll see ...
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, ...
On Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacked Peal Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, killing 2,403 soldiers, sailors and civilians.
A local World War II veteran looks back on his military service as a time he encountered much danger but also adventure. Bill ...
Broomfield veteran David Searle served in the Navy during World War II and shared some of his stories ahead of Veterans Day ...
Older than the United States ... Navy, which celebrated its 249th birthday last month, the Marine Corps disbanded in the ...
Navy Seaman 1st Class Raymond Kozik just completed a mission designed to end World War II, U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 1st ...