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Photos show the USS Laffey still sitting upright on the seafloor with much of her bow and midsection intact despite more than ...
Five World War II survivors were named the grand marshals for the 81st Liberation Day Parade and shared poignant stories of ...
The USS Laffey (DD-459) sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942. According to the USS Laffey Association, 59 sailors were either killed or lost in the bombing. The Laffey was ...
"Big Boy," a 1.2 million-pound locomotive, is back in Colorado after being restored to the world’s largest operating steam ...
World War II veteran Leslie Sinclair was on duty manning a defensive ‘pit’ in case of a Japanese attack near Balikpapan in Borneo when he heard the joyful cries of his brothers-in-arms shouting out – ...
Finding an ink-free service member is infinitely more rare than the alternative, but that is a relatively new phenomenon.
Looking for World War II in Singapore means peering through a fast, feverish, imaginative city, for a slow, old, and ...
The man was actually from Washington state. Officials added there now are no plans to bury his remains in Holly, which the government had indicated was expected to occur in October.Start the day ...
As John Hirst put it in a brilliant, recently republished Black Inc essay on Curtin’s wartime prime ministership that set the ...
"In the end, 73 people were injured in the incident, 54 of whom were burned, and 13 died," said author, former Marine and ...
At this early stage, prioritization is only one of several approaches the Trump administration may pursue. But for now, signs of prioritization are evident in the administration’s words and actions.
Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. seeks to rename Route 6 the “World War II Survivors Memorial Highway,” as part of efforts to honor ...