Navy Times on MSN12d
The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1h
Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of Brazil
A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...
Berkshire Eagle6d
'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
Time Out9d
This legendary World War II ship in London will soon open to the public
The Wellington Trust has received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, enabling the ship to open to more visitors ...
33 eerie and abandoned World War II places
From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...
This Legendary WW2 Vessel Helped Conduct the Doolittle Raids
The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...
WKRG Mobile on MSN9d
New Battleship director wants WWII history to inspire next generation
The new leader of one of Mobile’s landmark attractions says he’s ready to bring World War II history to the next generation. Officials at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park ...
freightwaves.com2d
It’s time to build (ships again)
Okinawa, Japan, the next year. The U.S. built 24 Essex-class carriers during World War II (an average of one every two months for four years); now it takes the United States a decade to commission a ...
Stars and Stripes4d
Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103
William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...