Newark Advocate veterans columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library describes the challenges Newark's Arthur B. Hiles ...

With each passing day, there are fewer people who experienced World War II firsthand. Among the unsung heroes of the war were the merchant marines. One Bay Area veteran is one of the merchant ...

“I’ve got no regrets.” The 93-year-old served with the Merchant Marines during World War II and is also a US Navy veteran. “I quit 7th grade in 1945 and went on Merchant ships,” said Powell.

I’m going to take us back to World War II when the role of the Merchant Marine was critical to our war efforts. General Eisenhower said it best, “When final victory is ours, there is no ...

In keeping with tradition, President Donald Trump issued a stirring proclamation Thursday, lauding the maritime backbone of ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jim Greer, 98, served as a merchant marine for four years during World War II. Here, he is posing with a medal he earned during ...

For nearly 80 years, the remains of Kansas City native Elvis Spotts, a Merchant Marine wiper during World War II, lay buried on ... and bring home fallen heroes, Van Poots noted, "There are ...

Believed to be the oldest World War II merchant marine veteran in the country, 107-year-old Reynolds Tomter is going to Normandy to help mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — In 1944 Julian Thorne Hilts' older brother had just joined the Navy. Thorne, as he's known by, wanted to help fight alongside the men fighting for his country during World War ...