Satellite Photos Show US Reclaiming World War II Airfield for China War
In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...
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The World War II Fighter Ace Behind the Navy's Blue Angels
While working in a mortuary in San Francisco in early 1941, Voris noticed a Navy recruiting poster and enlisted ...
Why Was The US Navy & Marines' WWII F4U Corsair Known As The 'Whistling Death'?
The Corsair's "Whistling Death" nickname may or may not have been apocryphal. But its deadly efficacy was certainly not in ...
Get to know the heroic WWII namesake of the Navy’s newest ship
Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr.
North Kingstown designated World War II heritage city. What it means
In the early 1940s, North Kingstown stepped into America’s efforts to fight in World War II. Now NPS is recognizing the ...
Navy’s latest ship commission honors actions of MoH recipient
The USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) was commissioned on Saturday, with one of the two ship sponsors being Richard’s ...
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U.S. Navy makes history by launching its first coed submarine: "Breaking barriers"
The United States Navy commissioned its first coed submarine ... succeeding the BB-62 battleship that sailed in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, according to the Navy.
$88,000 for plane: Foley pushes to bolster federal designation as Alabama’s WWII city
It’s not often a city council votes to spend $88,000 of taxpayers’ money to purchase old military aircraft. But for Foley ...
How the National Parks Service is recognizing WWII contributions from this R.I. town
With its rich history of “Seabees” and being home to a prominent Naval base, the town is is now among communities across the ...
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Ranked and Ready: 5 Best Aircraft Carriers of World War II
During World War II, aircraft carriers revolutionized naval ... Likewise, Italy and the United States each developed new classes of battle wagons. The aircraft carrier was a secondary ...
80 years later, North Texas family of WWI and WWII veteran accepts his Purple Heart
All the civilian contractors on Wake Island received veteran status in 1981. Knox was recently awarded the Prisoner of War ...
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US to restore WWII airfield amid growing tensions with China
The United States Air Force is restoring the World War II (WWII) airfield from where the atomic bombings in Japan were ...