U.S. Navy pilots flew the TBD-1 Devastator against the Japanese in the 1942 Battles of Coral Sea and Midway. Developed by Douglas Aircraft Co. in 1937, the Devastator was the Navy’s first ...

At the end of World War II, the United States possessed the most powerful navy on Earth. It had thousands of ships, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron dedicated France’s first super carrier to the Free French Forces of World War II, announcing ...

World War II Navy nurse Lillian Nauta celebrated her 105th birthday on Friday.

The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar ice cap for the 100th time since World War II.

The Pentagon has launched one of its largest-ever underwater recovery missions to retrieve American ...

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years." ...

Charged with documenting Harvard during World War II, Sterling Dow conducted laboratory visits, interviewed researchers, ...

Connecting with WWII history through a B-24 pilot's recollections and flight simulation.

He also warned that NATO faces a “very bad future” if US allies fail to assist in securing the crucial waterway.

Gene Derfler, a World War II veteran, Oregon legislator and longtime Salem resident, died at 101. He was known for his ...

A World War II veteran from Louisiana is celebrating a major milestone, his 100th birthday. Family, friends and staff gathered at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home to honor Ray Taylor, a ...