The USS Wisconsin (BB-65), one of the formidable Iowa-class battleships, faced not just the enemy during World War II but ...

USS New Jersey (BB-62), nicknamed “Big J,” was the only U.S. battleship to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War, ...

Summary: The Montana-class battleships, planned by the U.S. Navy during World War II, were designed to be the most powerful ...

On December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into World War II when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Known forever as “The Day of Infamy,” the attack damaged ...

Everett Titterington, who died at Pearl Harbor, was interred at Riverside National Cemetery after his remains were identified ...

The USS Stewart became known as the "ghost ship of the Pacific" during World War II when American troops spotted it sailing in Japanese waters, despite the ship sinking at a Japanese port over a ...

Frank “Fritz” Waskowitz of Washington and Iowa’s Nile Kinnick had glorious college football careers. They played against each ...

The days of small things changed over the years, of course. But for those of us who lived through those years, the small ...

He had two older brothers who served in the military during World War II. Darrell Wogan joined the United States ... Stateside duty stations he was assigned to where USS Forrestal and USS Oglethorpe.

moved back to Iowa where he bought into a Dubuque finance company. He was drafted into the Army in 1942 and earned three Purple Hearts fighting in Europe insuring World War II. He returned to the ...

W.S. Darley and Co. in Chippewa Falls manufactures a range of fire pumps, systems and vehicles for first responders, U.S.