More than 7,000 Marines were killed and 20,000 wounded during the historic battle from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, when ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

STRUTHERS, Ohio (WKBN) – World War II involved almost every country in the world. A Youngstown teen enlisted in the Navy four years after it started and came home as soon as it was done. He talked ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

The Battle of the Mediterranean, fought by sea during WWII, was over 3 main objectives for both sides. To attack the supply ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie Kitty Rippin after they surprised her with cake ...

Workers from Meals on Wheels and sailors from the combat ship came together to celebrate the 101-year-old World War II veteran.

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship torpedoed and sunk by Nazi Germany was definitively confirmed by Brazil’s navy ...

December 1944—deep in Alsace, German forces launch Operation Hawk in a desperate bid to hold the Colmar Pocket. With brutal clashes on Hill 351 and relentless Allied offensives, this battle was one of ...

Navy Ensign Raven Battles presents a birthday cake to Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran at her home in Haltom City. Rippin turned 101 on Jan. 31.( ...

As this reporter argued in an article in The National Interest published on January 23, 2025, the U.S. Navy’s Douglas SBD ...