In June 1944, the United States Navy did something it had not attempted since the War of 1812. American sailors boarded and ...

The USS Snook (SS-279) was one of the most successful American submarines of World War II, sinking dozens of enemy ships during her wartime service. On April 8, 1945, she radioed her position in the ...

As long as Jim Black is alive, the USS Scorpion SS-278 Base plans to continue honoring a fellow submarine sailor.

In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what ...

On Feb. 3, 1943 during World War II, US Army Chaplains Lt. George L. Fox (Methodist), Lt. Alexander D. Goode (Jewish), Lt.

Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944, a German U-boat torpedo killed 763 American soldiers just five miles from ...

Twenty-eight soldiers with the 299th Infantry Battalion were on the Royal T. Frank when it was hit by a torpedo launched by a ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

President Trump has proposed a costly and dangerous initiative to build a new fleet of battleships, the "Trump Class", which ...

Although he never fired a shot, Addison “Cal” Sheckler was responsible for saving countless lives on the beaches of Normandy ...

President Trump says he won't use force but calls for immediate negotiations for US to acquire Greenland from Denmark during ...

President Donald Trump made his pitch to acquire Greenland to international leaders in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, saying ...