If the Perrys of Newport had been professional wrestlers, they would have been the tag team champs of the 19th century. It is ...

This year, in conjunction with the Scott County Historical Society's exhibit “Heroes Among Us: World War II Veterans,” veterans will be honored with a luminary display in the Stans Garden, 235 Fuller ...

William Henry Pratt was 19 and served on the USS Nevada during the 1941 attack. His brother Basil Pratt was also on the ship and survived.

About 240 midshipmen hoisted placards designating their future deployments into the air Thursday as a crowd of supporters ...

Craig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...

The remains of a long-lost WWII warship have been identified after more than 80 years when it was attacked and sunk by Nazis in 1944. The ship was carrying 270 men and 100 were killed in battle.

AP investigative reporter Helen Wieffering built on her previous reporting experience to tell the story of a seafarer stranded on an abandoned ship, part ...

This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the ...

Dec. 7, 1941 – that the Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Although America learned of the attack via radio ...

The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

A foundation is digitizing the nearly 300 films that the Hearst Corporation recorded during the conflict and were shown in ...

A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...