Ershad Ali was killed while serving in the Merchant Navy for the allied forces, and his named is etched into the Tower Hill ...

Lt. Arthur Preston and his PT boat crews did whatever it took to save a downed Navy airman in the South Pacific.

The USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. It participated in scientific and military operations ...

The Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will offer warbird rides in a World War II TBM Avenger torpedo bomber at Raleigh Executive Jetport on Wednesday, April 16. The TBM Avenger is the ...

John G. Connolly, the chief pay clerk who died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became ...

Among the saddest forgotten stories of Rangers World War II was the saga of Dudley (Red) Garrett. The Toronto-born defenseman ...

"He was a legend." Maj. Billy Hall joined the Marine Corps at the tender age of 15, survived hundreds of combat missions, and was awarded a Bronze Star. Hall died at the age of 98 in December.

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

Lieutenant Dan Daspit and his crew aboard USS Tinosa had their target in sight—the Japanese tanker Tonan Maru No. 3—after ...

The TBM Avenger is the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, according to Pete Ballard, the Capital Wing ...

Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves at least one depressive episode and at least one period of elevated mood, called hypomania. Bipolar II disorder causes intense ...

The Mark 24 (also called FIDO) was developed by the United States, and used by Allied forces, during WWII. Hailed as the first American homing torpedo, it was primarily utilized as a deterrent ...