Disguised as an ordinary civilian vessel, this ship secretly served as a floating base for specialized weapons and covert operations. From neutral harbors, it enabled attacks deep inside ...

In early 1942, the United States launched a secret naval experiment to stop German submarines. At the center of that gamble ...

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.

World War II Navy veteran Harsel Durham served aboard the USS Richmond and fought in the Battle of Komandorski — Retired ...

The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted ...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis E. Roemer was taken prisoner in the Philippines when the Japanese in May 1942 captured the island fortress of Corregidor, after American forces lost the Bataan Peninsula.

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...

With former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro in US detention, mass demonstrations in Iran against the economic crisis and ...

World War II veteran and local resident, Ernest “Ernie” Zubalik, turns 100 years old on Monday. Ernest Zubalik grew up in ...

Its common for the U.S. Navy to reuse ship names, and the newest nuclear submarine in the fleet was named after an important ...

Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.

Coulter enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard at its Baltimore base where a hockey team was formed. In 1942, the "Cutters" entered the Eastern Amateur Hockey League and frequently played at the old Madison ...