An undersea submersible has spotted crabs, worms and fish thriving on the surfaces of World War II explosives thought to be ...

Germany’s waters alone are home to roughly 1.6 million tons of discarded weapons, mostly from the two world wars in the 20th ...

On September 2, 1945, the Second World War ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the physical legacy of the conflict remains etched into land and sea. Nowhere is ...

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the ...

World War II veterans Lester Schrenik, left, and Joe Etheredge, both standing, acknowledged the crowd attending a ceremony on the pier next to the USS Missouri on Tuesday to mark the 80th anniversary ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Moses Eldridge, a World War II veteran who resided in Columbus has died, according to his family. He was 108. Eldridge was born on April 17, 1917, and after attending North ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...

WASHINGTON — A World War II sailor presumed lost at sea when his ship hit a mine off the coast of Normandy, France, during D-Day operations will be commemorated at a family funeral with full military ...

SHENYANG, China (AP) — Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, remembers the troops on horseback and the handful of planes that marked the founding of communist China in 1949. It was a far ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X For almost two years during World War II, Harley J. Wenninger manned a big gun on one of the most ...