By the time the program ended in 1922, it had completed 2,312 vessels, transforming the US merchant marine into one of the ... During the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France in World War ...

May 15 (UPI) --A historic painting that formerly was displayed at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., will be on display once again. "We are moving Jesus out of the basement," U ...

(WBFF) — It’s a story that grabbed national attention - a Maryland student, and prospective U.S. Marine, suspended while ... all classrooms must contain the flag. As a result of that ...

The flag was said to have been raised on the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht on Nov. 9. Also known as the “night of broken glass,” violent, anti-Semitic assaults were taken on Jewish ...

On April 10, 1944, Maj. Donald K. Willis, flying with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, was tasked with escorting an Allied bombing run on a Nazi aerodrome in Gütersloh, Germany.

Generals and admirals, known as general and flag officers (GFO), are the senior military leaders within the Department of Defense (DOD) who plan and implement U.S. military operations, among other ...

Merchant Marine, POW/MIA and the War Memorial’s flag. But to provide for longer life, the War Memorial uses three sets of the flags. While the state provides the American and Virginia flags ...

After withdrawing his prior nominee, retired submarine Brent Sadler, President Donald Trump put forward Stephen Carmel to lead the entity that oversees the U.S. Merchant Marine. The Senate ...

NAVTOR is continuing to build momentum for its "Digital Logbook revolution" as Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has awarded full flag state approval for the ...

Crew members abandoned ship, were evacuated onto a lifeboat and rescued by the crew of a nearby merchant vessel called ... of the crew and protect the marine environment.” The U.S. Coast Guard ...

Dushman helped free prisoners from the notorious Nazi concentration camp as a soldier for the Soviet Red Army in World War II. The president of the local Jewish community, Charlotte Knobloch ...