The remains of a United States Navy Ensign killed near Yap Island over the Pacific Ocean during World War II has finally ...
Clarence “Bill” Wenzel, a World War II veteran and retired Navy pilot, never set out to live a century. “I look back on all ...
On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, after enduring a fierce Japanese assault, was a smoldering wreck. The ...
During World War II, military officials reported naval aviators flew from aircraft carriers, projecting air power across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean, and participated in major battles such as ...
More than 4000 Japanese soldiers perished when Chuuk Lagoon, known as "Truk" at the time, was bombarded by US forces at the ...
U.S. Navy aviator Ensign Howard Allen Holding’s family learned the 22-year-old was declared missing in action during World ...
An Iowan will be laid to rest more than 80 years after his death in World War II.Second Lt. Blaine Wilcox of Pacific Junction ...
Lt. Ralph DuPont, a World War II F6F-5 Hellcat Pilot, went missing during the Battle of Formosa in 1944. It took 80 years to ...
Lt. j.g. Ralph Cornelius Dupont, whose remains were identified in June, will be laid to rest with full military honors. He ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A 99-year-old World War II veteran got the ride of his life Wednesday morning in a P-51 Mustang at the Albuquerque International Sunport. “Old days, and it’s been a long ...