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During WWII, the U.S. Departments of War and Navy issued press releases to local newspapers that highlighted the service and ...
Photo from today’s DVS Digital Kiosk unveiling at the LT Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum in West Sayville. DVS Executive ...
It was February 25, 1942, two and a half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Navy had given the island’s ...
In his proclamation for St. Clair’s 175th anniversary, Mayor Richard E. Tomko made reference to the town’s residents who made ...
The Pearl Harbor Avenger Portsmouth Naval Shipyard got orders to build new submarines on December 15, 1941, just eight days ...
The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...
A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...
During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, ...
The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...
Louisiana U.S. Marine Harry LeBert, who was killed in action during the pivotal Battle of Saipan, was finally buried in home soil after 81 years.