Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War 2, the massive campaigns of the sky, and other valiant battle fronts. However, the ...

DECATUR - Walk down the stairs in the Adam Troxell Sr. home in Decatur and cast an eye upon a massive model ship. Extending over each end of a 7-foot pool table, the World War II battleship USS New ...

Naval War College Review, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Winter 2013), pp. 56-76 (21 pages) Trent Hone, “U.S. Navy Surface Battle Doctrine and Victory in the Pacific,” Naval War College Review 62, no. 1 (Winter 2009 ...

Eighteen is the legal age today, but during World War II, 21 was the legal age. At that time 18-year-olds didn't vote, but they served their country during the war with valor and accepted ...

Robert Larson was an 18-year-old high school graduate with a horn when he joined the U.S. Navy on Nov. 22, 1942, to play in the band on ships. Larson was a Musician 2nd Class, assigned to the band on ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a powerful tribute to the heroes of America's Greatest Generation, eight living crewmembers of the USS Missouri will reunite aboard the Mighty Mo ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...

Between 1939 and 1945, over 30 countries participated in World War II, mobilizing around 100 million military personnel. The ...

As World War II raged in the Pacific, a U.S. battleship added a unique new resident. The newcomer didn’t “look or act exactly human” but was “enlisted” on Aug. 28, 1944, records show. Now, on the ...

On this day 79 years ago, World War II came to an end when Japan officially surrendered. The battleship where Japan signed off on is docked in the waters of Pearl Harbor and a ceremony was held this ...