Once the flag was hoisted to the top of the flagpole, it was then lowered to half-staff in honor of all those who have died in service to our country — especially those who died Dec. 7, 1941, when the ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Impressed by the progress being made in the Navy, President Harry Truman on July 26, 1948, issued an executive order to ...

Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other ...

The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...

You may be familiar with the works of Thomas Hart Benton, the Neosho, Mo.-born painter and muralist who became part of the ...

Dominic Bersani, a veteran of World War II and the Cold War, recently received special recognition. At the Melvin Roads ...

It came to be called the Day Which Will Live in Infamy. The attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was a devastating loss for the nation. When the attack began at 7:55 a.m.

The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall— and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...

Dominic Bersani, a World War II Navy veteran, celebrated his 99th birthday recently by getting his high school diploma and several awards for military service.

With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone ...