For many, these airwaves are a bridge to the past. “Former service members and their families reach out and say that their parents or grandparents served here during 1942-43 during World War II.

A WWII veteran, Harley J. Bridger served in Italy as a radio operator on a bomber flying a total of 35 missions. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday.

The small room near the top of the USS Kidd is tight, with just about enough room for a ham radio and, at a stretch, four people. For ham operators Pam and Jeff Welsh, it's all the space they need ...

“During World War II, amateur radio operators contributed to the war effort,” Sole said. “A good many operators were given jobs with the military and following the war, many came out of the ...

Experienced ham radio operators who used their own equipment, at first, with the particular goal of intercepting transmissions from enemy agents on home soil. At the start of the war, ham ...

Marie Scott who was a serving Wren and switchboard operator at the time of D-Day, at her home in London, Thursday, April 25, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at ...