One of the last known subchasers built to defend the U.S. in World War II has spent the past 80 years sitting in North ...

The U.S. Navy put 112 carriers into service during WWII. After losing 11 in combat, America closed the war with 101 active ...

Legends today: <a href=" In August 1941, the Allies launched Operation Dervish. This was the first of the Arctic Convoys, ...

Walter N. Early, 98, of Callensburg, served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. In 1944, he told his parents he ...

What happened to Japanese WWII destroyer Teruzuki? In the early hours of December 12, 1942, American patrol boats attacked the convoy, striking Teruzuki in the stern with a pair of Mk-8 torpedoes.

A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 crew members.

A Second World War veteran from Essex has described those who survived to celebrate the end of the conflict as being "lucky ...