Conversely, the tops of planes would often be painted green or brown, depending on the area in which they operated. That all ...

The U.S. Navy dropped nuclear bombs on its own ships loaded with rats and other animals to see the effect of nuclear weapons ...

A Marine Corps infantryman, 100-year-old Lewis Bourgault enlisted in 1942 and was stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville.

Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from ...

The Drum completed 13 official war patrols in the Pacific and earned 12 battle stars for her service. Today, she is the ...

One hopes that Russian and Chinese capability and malevolence have landed a hard enough knock to induce Congress and the White House to persevere with a naval renaissance.

George Spencer was on a tropical island in the South Pacific Ocean when celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end ...

A World War II veteran who "never actually made it" onto a luxury cruiser - despite spending 25 years on the Cunard White ...

A 100-year-old Second World War veteran has recalled getting tipsy as he turned 21 amid VE Day celebrations on a Royal Navy ...

More than 100 cruisers, runabouts and racers (wood as well as pre-1997 fiberglass and metal boats) will be displayed both in ...

A vintage WW2-era aircraft operated by the Commemorative Air Force has flown from the US to the UK for a series of VE Day ...

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to go down in a blaze of glory in a live-fire exercise off the western coast of the ...