Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

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 ...

A submarine that sunk during World War II has been discovered off the Pacific Coast, Russia's Pacific Fleet said Monday. The ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

Navy WAVES veteran Peggy Lutz is celebrating her 103rd birthday on April 10. Lutz was part of a sea change, having joined the U.S. Navy in 1944, at a time when the U.S. military began accepting female ...

It’s not every day you get to thank a veteran with a trip to the nation’s capital, but that’s exactly what happened after U.S ...

Born in West Scranton in 1922, Albert is the oldest of several brothers and sisters, "I lived on 16th Street, 425 16th Avenue ...

As one extant page notes, the military turned to members of the Navajo (Diné) because their unwritten language is one of “extreme complexity,” forming a code the Japanese never broke in WWII.

After high school, Albert joined the Navy, serving his country for four years during World War II. "The Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Nicholas. That was the DD 449. That's Destroyer Division 449.