Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

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Although he had close calls, Connecticut World War II veteran Edward J. Apicella Sr. said he survived the hellish battle of Okinawa physically unscathed. But the Waterbury native, his voice breaking ...

Tucson’s war-weary members of the armed forces celebrated V-J Day, Victory over Japan, on Sept. 2, 1945. This marked the official end of World War II, which claimed 400,000 Americans lives. At ...

(Fresno’s Mary Ekmalian is the current Home Guild President at the California Armenian Home. Here are excerpts of a story ...

At the same time, their Japanese opponents had yet to fully address the threat that these underwater marauders posed to the ...

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 ...

Ten crew members of Heaven Can Wait, which went down in the waters of Papua New Guinea in 1944. Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan is top row, second from right. Bottom row, from left are 2nd Lt. Donald ...

The 2nd annual WWII Troop Train event on May 24 held at Colebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown was organized by Colebrookdale Railroad, Gen. Spaatz USAAF Museum and Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles.

Warren Galkin, a Navy veteran and philanthropist, has died at age 95. Galkin played a key role in rebuilding the Japanese navy after WWII, fostering reconciliation between former enemies. His Navy ...

With over 4,900 casualties and nearly as many wounded, the Battle of Okinawa was the U.S. Navy’s costliest fight during World War II. Japanese aircraft sank 32 U.S. Navy ships, but the Coronis ...

Cram and six other veterans are returning to Iwo Jima, now known as Iwo To, on Saturday for the 80th Reunion of Honor, which commemorates one of the war’s bloodiest battles.