During the Second World War, it wasn't just manpower, overwhelming firepower, and cutting-edge tactics that saw the Allies to victory. More than anything else, the nail in the coffin for the Axis ...

This video explores the story of the Liberty ships, the mass-produced cargo vessels that became a lifeline for the Allies ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X April 20 is the 79th anniversary of the worst U.S. Liberty ship disaster of World War II, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco treasures its naval military history and is home to the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, one of the last remaining liberty ships that sailed into harm's way to help win World War II ...

Between June 15 and July 29, 1945, six Army Air Forces pilots flying experimental Sikorsky helicopters evacuated between 75 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- Docked at San Francisco's Pier 45 is a 441-foot-long, navy gray, hulking monument to World War II. The SS Jeremiah O'Brien has beaten the odds to survive these nearly 80 ...

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Dirt caked under his fingernails, sweat dripping from the cap on his forehead and fitted in a worn engineer’s uniform, 68-year-old Dick Sterne walked down the ship’s rickety stairs with a smile, ...

Apr. 19—April 20 is the 79th anniversary of the worst U.S. Liberty ship disaster of World War II, the sinking of the SS Paul Hamilton in the Mediterranean Sea by a German torpedo bomber. Forty-one ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — San Francisco treasures its naval military history and is home to the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, one of the last remaining liberty ships that sailed into harm’s way to ...