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Over a million tons of unexploded ordnance (UXO) dating back to World Wars I and II rest beneath the surface. From sea mines ...
After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...
The tumult and competition of World War II ignited innovation in military technology at an unprecedented pace. The ...
Stuart Pagel, 98, enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17. Eight decades after the end of WWII, he will ride in a gold Mustang in ...
Just a few days before arrival, the troop ship had two torpedoes fired ... about 10-12 miles from the bomb explosion,” remembers Pagel. “They had all kinds of German and (Japanese) ships ...
Mare Island was one of only two public shipyards in America that built nuclear submarines during the Cold War. It hosted an “ocean-and-engineering program” that actually was a highly classified ...
It is where the first German aircraft ... of anti-submarine and anti-torpedo nets. The Churchill Barriers were built to protect the British fleet during World War II, but have long served as ...
Leading academic institutions have been toppled before in centers of learning such as Berlin and Beijing. Is Boston next?
The Allied and Axis forces lost thousands of ships during World War II ... a German auxiliary cruiser. The ensuing battle was mutually destructive. Kormoran struck Sydney with several torpedoes ...
The King and the Royal family have gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as they watched a VE Day flypast. Charles and ...
Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from ...