A mess attendant on duty during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor saved lives and took a position to defend the ship, and his ...

The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams returned to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia after operating forward deployed for almost ...

Hoke County native, Mess Attendant, Neil Frye was lost when the USS West Virginia was sunk by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, ...

U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye, of Vass, North Carolina, was killed when his ship, the USS West Virginia, ...

Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor.

It was one of the most memorable mass tragedies in recent history. Next Tuesday will be the 113th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. A retired Ohio Valley ...

An American sailor has been laid to rest with full military honors in his home state 84 years after he was killed at Pearl ...

Frye of Vass, NC killed aboard USS West Virginia during Pearl Harbor attack. (Photo: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) The ship sank to the bottom of the harbor. More than a hundred service ...

NAVAL BASE GUAM – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) returned to its homeport in Apra Harbor, Guam, April 9, 2025. Emory S. Land’s arrival marked the completion of its expeditionary ...

Eighty-four years after the Pearl Harbor attack, the remains of one of the last victims to be identified from the battleship USS West Virginia have come home to North Carolina. Mess Attendant 3rd ...

His remains were accounted for on Sept. 27, 2024. On Dec. 7, 1941, Frye was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked ...

When torpedoes struck his battleship, Neil Frye was just 20 ... serving aboard the USS West Virginia, which carried him all the way to Pearl Harbor. When the Japanese attacked that morning in ...