Chief Carpenter’s Mate Ted McKindley Furr, who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack, will be laid to rest with full military honors at the National Memorial Cemetery ...
They’re often called the greatest generation. We’re talking about World War II veterans. Memories of World War II are ...
Furr’s niece, Nancy Matzdorff, was “surprised and thrilled” when the military informed her of Furr’s identification. She ...
During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who risked their lives watching out for enemy ...
We were fighting two wars, one in Europe the other in the South Pacific,” World War II veteran Doug Starr said. Starr is now ...
Naval historian Dr. Regina Akers says Black sailors got the toughest, most dangerous assignments."Those who loaded the ...
Chief Carpenter’s Mate Ted McKindley Furr, who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack, will be ...
After a deadly ammunition blast at California's Port Chicago during World War II, 50 Black sailors were convicted of mutiny ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the ...
CLIP #1: Describe "duty in the tropics" for Army and Navy nurses before America's entry into World War Two. CLIP #2: Based on the clip, what happened in the days and weeks that followed the Japanese ...
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted ... and about 1,000 U.S. Marines and sailors were killed.