The Alaska-class ships were unique American warships from World War II, designed as massive “large cruisers” or ...

The U.S. Navy kept aircraft carriers in the Great Lakes during WWII to train new pilots for carrier landings without being ...

Bill McCubbin, a 102-year-old World War II veteran and former Ford dealership owner, traveled hundreds of miles from Indiana ...

In 1942, Geb Galle saw bombers take off for the Doolittle Raid. His ship was later sunk and he spent a day-and-a-half in the ...

A birthday cake for Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty” Rippin is seen outside her home before being presented to her by sailors from the USS Fort Worth and Meals on Wheels, Monday, Feb. 3 ...

When Doris Miller wrapped his hands around the trigger of a .50-caliber Browning anti-aircraft machine gun on the flaming deck of the USS West Virginia on Dec. 7, 1941, he ...

Hellen Guthrie joined the Navy's WAVES branch in August 1943, helping to decode Japanese messages during World War II. ... Indiana native who was among first women to join Navy for WWII dies at 107.

CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO)- A World War II Navy veteran from Southern Colorado is celebrating a huge milestone, he just reached his 100th birthday.