A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...

Friday marked 80 years since a powerful moment of humanity occurred during World War II, when a Japanese Kamikaze pilot was ...

On April 9, 1942, the United States experienced its largest military surrender, followed by the infamous Bataan Death March.

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 remains of a soldier from Massachusetts whose aircraft crashed in Europe during World War II in 1945 have been identified, and he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the Defense POW ...

At that point, Black sailors were allowed only to serve as ... "And it's important to understand that the Navy at the time, prior to World War II, was largely a southern outfit," Knoblock said.

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.

A North Carolina sailor who died aboard the USS West Virginia during the ... Officials said Frye’s name, along with others still missing from WWII, is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at the ...

On March 19, 1945, the USS Franklin was devastated by a brutal Japanese airstrike just off ... a determined group of remaining sailors fought to keep her afloat, steering the crippled vessel ...