After the fierce fighting in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese lost their first battleship, Hiei, both sides took heavy casualties but neither could claim full control. No side ...

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The potency of the US Navy’s air power increased at a bewildering rate during the second world war. From hair-raising early ...

We all had a job to do and we did it,” said the Connecticut resident, who at age 101 still drives and still works out each ...

Joe Foss received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Marine Corps fighter pilot during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece, but movies like Platoon and Come and See are more powerful and resonant ...

Even being blown overboard could not stop Cassin Young from saving his ship.

Combat welder? There is a classification in both the United States Army and the US Navy today, but in the South Pacific ...

Valley author Lanny Bledsoe’s 13th novel, “Tuck Grit,” traces a River Bluff youth who becomes a WWII fighter pilot and his ...

Swan Hellenic will be bringing its brand of cultural expedition cruising to the Asia-Pacific region for the first time in 2026. The move marks a new chapter for the company’s vessel SH Minerva, which, ...