Boothroy entrusted the flag to his longtime friend and fellow veteran, Dickie Kiser, a Vietnam War veteran dedicated to ...

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...

Key Points and Summary - The Iowa-class USS Kentucky (BB-66) was laid down in 1942 but never completed, a victim of World War II’s rapid shift from big-gun battles to carrier-led warfare. -As Coral ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — What seemed like a simple signature became a priceless imprint of the past as people collected autographs, held hands and had meaningful conversations with World War II veterans at ...

Henry Hector Boubel, a Laredo native and WWII veteran, witnessed Japan's surrender, survived pivotal battles, and left a ...

Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

The U.S.S. Edsall’s 2023 discovery at the bottom of the Indian Ocean is reviving the tale of the ship the Japanese forces called the “dancing mouse.” The intact wreck of the U.S.S. Edsall, sunk in ...

Ben Pringer and his wife, Lena Wilbers, were married in 1904 and became parents to seven sons and three daughters. As they worked to make a living on their farm on Horseshoe Bend Road in rural Cole ...

Construction workers uncovered a World War II-era explosive device at the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday morning, a discovery that temporarily stopped cargo movement at one of six terminals, ...

Jeffboat built a reputation as one of the country's largest inland shipyards, and while the company is known for the massive towboats launched into the Ohio River, large World War II-era vessels also ...

This weekend, a World War II veteran from Pittsburgh will go to his final resting place in Allegheny County after his remains were unidentified for 80 years. As Lesa Naughton looked at her uncle's ...