When Marie West was growing up on a farm in rural Iowa, she never imagined she would one day become part of a groundbreaking movement in the U.S. military. Marie West of Monument saw her 102nd ...

Bud Anderson, the last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102 Bud Anderson, the last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102 By Nicholas Slayton SEE MORE ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer sunk in 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Okinawa has been discovered by a group of civilian underwater explorers, the group’s leader said Wednesday.

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship, the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool, in a Sept. 7 ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. With the vessel’s ...

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who refused to go back to work after an explosion that killed hundreds of people in 1944, the military service announced Wednesday.. The blast that ...

SECNAV Renames John Lewis-Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler after Navy WWII Medal of Honor Recipient Chief Petty Officer Oscar V. Peterson  Front Page ...

He took troops ashore on six invasions of Japanese-held islands in World War II. April Gamiz/The Morning Call Matt Gutman of Allentown poses in his Navy uniform Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Allentown.

At 17 years old, Joseph “Joe” Spotswood falsified his paperwork to join the Navy in 1944 as World War II was in full swing. He was aboard the USS Augusta during the Normandy invasion and took ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty” Rippin after they surprised her with cake and gift for her 101st birthday on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Haltom ...

Tyler Florence along with his son, Hayden Florence and pitmaster Matt Horn boarded the USS Tripoli during San Francisco Fleet Week on Oct. 12, and judged the Navy’s first ever Chow Line ...

Many of us baby boomers grew up with World War II as a felt, if silent, presence. The fathers of my childhood friends served in the Air Force, the Army and my own dad in the Navy on a destroyer ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship, the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool, in a Sept. 7 ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. With the vessel’s ...