WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New ...

On this Memorial Day, we remember the worst stateside disaster of World War II and the dark cloud of injustice that hung over ...

On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime ...

Eighty-one years after being reported missing in action, a second lieutenant shot down in the Pacific during World War II is finally coming home — all thanks to a University of Illinois professor who ...

Fourteen young men died in 1943 when their bomber had trouble lifting off the runway in what would become Palm Beach Internation Airport.

In just four minutes during the Battle of Cape Matapan, the Royal Navy decisively shattered the Italian Regia Marina, sinking multiple ships and killing over 3,000 Italian sailors, while suffering ...

These Navy divers, also known as Frogmen, went airborne during a dangerous ... The SEAL missions continued in the years that followed World War II. The UDTs put their demolition expertise to ...

preserving the legacy of the Frogmen from World War II to present-day SEAL Teams. Visitors will learn about the storied past of the Navy SEALs and their predecessors through interactive exhibits ...

During World War II, a Japanese pilot crashed into the USS Missouri. The ship's captain, William Callaghan, ordered a military burial for the pilot. This act of compassion is remembered today.

Its toughest soldiers - the Jaeger Corps, Frogmen, and the legendary Sirius ... Originally formed during World War II to defend Greenland from German invaders, the Sirius Patrol still monitors ...

Ships from the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron added another string to their bow after a series of exercises with divers. Project Augmentra saw HMS Cutlass carry out a number of serials with six members ...

Later in the same year, Italian frogmen snuck into ... it was just late to the party. The Royal Navy commissioned it in 1946, a year after World War II came to an end. The battleship found ...