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Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
Mysterious Undocumented Vehicle Found in Wreckage of WWII Ship
NOAA is asking for the public's help in identifying the car, which went down with the USS Yorktown during the 1942 Battle of ...
A Classic Car Appeared on a Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier. No One Knows Who Put It There.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)—an aircraft carrier commissioned in September 1937 and sunk in October 1942—was equipped with 24 Oerlikon ...
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Why a U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII's Battle of Okinawa
"This is a remarkable story of compassion and humanity, even in the midst of one of the worst battles of World War II." ...
Mysterious Ford automobile found in hangar of USS-Yorktown shipwreck that sank during WWII
The USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1937 and took part in several World War II missions in the Pacific before it went down ...
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Hometown History: Iowa fathers, brothers, and sons serving the US Navy in WWII
The Sullivans weren’t the only set of brothers from Iowa who served their country during World War II. There were eight brothers and a father from Odebolt who enlisted in the Navy as well. “They could ...
A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why.
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...