Commander Hutchinson’s mission was clear: hunt Japanese shipping in the South Pacific. What followed was a tense series of ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who ...

The USNS Harvey Milk will be stripped of its moniker, which honored a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean ...

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and ...

5. Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia During WWII, the Japanese Navy used Chuuk Lagoon as a key base-until a surprise US attack in 1944 sent over 50 ships and hundreds of aircraft to the seafloor.

Incredible diving, especially around sunken WWII ships and planes. The capital, Majuro, is great for learning about local culture, and the outer islands are stunning and untouched.

The first wave of troops at Normandy beach taking cover behind enemy obstacles in 1944. AP The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...

Three American ships were sunk in the Coral Sea in 1942 with the loss of more than 600 lives. The well-preserved wrecks have been added to the National Heritage Register. It has been more than 80 ...

As WWII’s survivors disappear, the responsibility is falling on the next generations that owe them the debt of freedom. “This will probably be the last Normandy return, when you see the ...