The Battle of Midway, fought 70 years ago this week, was an extraordinary victory for the U.S. Navy and proved to be the strategic pivot in World War II’s Pacific theater of operations. During the ...

Groton — On Thursday, a small crowd watched as family members of retired Master Chief Deen Brown gathered on the bridge to the Historic Ship Nautilus. On the count of three, taps played as his ...

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, a small group of inexperienced B-26 Marauders and TBF Avengers launched a daring attack on the Japanese Fleet. Despite flying hand-modified bombers with no ...

Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier forces and establish dominance in the central Pacific. What followed was a ...

The Battle of Midway, fought 70 years ago this week, was an extraordinary victory for the U.S. Navy and proved to be the strategic pivot in World War II's Pacific theater of operations. During the ...

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the days ...

Historians consider the Battle of Midway an essential victory for the U.S. and a key turning point in WWII. Frank Thompson, a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, D.C., ...

Mark Stille, the veteran author of numerous books on naval history, among them Pacific Carrier War and, Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle, has produced a meticulous, ...

Traveling on Zanesville’s Market Street, you will notice sets of concrete steps between Underwood and the site of the former Marie Adornetto’s restaurant. These steps once led to houses. There are no ...

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the days ...