Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

STRUTHERS, Ohio (WKBN) – World War II involved almost every country in the world. A Youngstown teen enlisted in the Navy four years after it started and came home as soon as it was done. He talked ...

Midway Village Museum is unveiling its exhibit featuring the history of Rockford’s Camp Grant — once one of the largest ...

History of the Heartland has pledged to provide snacks for veterans visiting the Decatur VA Clinic, located off Route 36, in ...

Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...

Among the millions of World War II veterans were multiple future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

You will learn all this and much more through the Battleships to Beer podcast, a ten episode-podcast launched by Mare Island ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.

One lesser known place to go in the Canary Islands is Tarajalejo on the island of Fuerteventura. According to experts at Sunshine.co.uk, Tarajalejo was "once a small fishing village" but is "now ...