Across the Pacific, every battle and every skirmish had led to this moment. A colossal US armada made up of 1,500 ships and a staggering half a million men prepared for the invasion of the tiny island ...

World War II in the Pacific is often remembered through dramatic naval battles and heroic last stands. It featured destroyers ...

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- "This was some tough stuff," reflected Vern Shmidt, a 99-year-old Valley veteran who served during the Battle of the Bulge. He was one of a handful of veterans who walked ...

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

A photograph from a series of images showing the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh, who served in the Navy in the 1920s. (USS Arizona Memorial Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command) During his third ...

Bill Mazeroski, a Rush Run native and Pittsburgh Pirates legend, died Friday. He was 89.Mazeroski hit what is widely remembered as one of the most famous home r Weirton Hall of Fame committee seeks ...

From The World at War to Band of Brothers, explore the greatest WWII TV shows ever made ahead of the new Tom Hanks series.