Author, historian and Vietnam veteran Marc Leepson's new book, "The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage ...

The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

On the 5th of August 1964, the US Navy begins operations of a new aircraft over Vietnam. This new multirole aircraft - the F4 Phantom - will come to define Vietnam War era jet combat, but during these ...

Thomas Kanasky Jr. and William O’Brien Jr. made marks on their communities after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during the ...

Okinawa, Japan, the next year. The U.S. built 24 Essex-class carriers during World War II (an average of one every two months ...

Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans ...

Hospital Corpsman Billy Bui said his sense of duty comes from his grandfather, who risked everything to help his family flee ...

The USS Orleck Naval Museum is now officially open for business after officials cut the ribbon Saturday morning on a project ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Lassen is one of only 3,526 Medal of Honor recipients, and one of just three Navy pilots to receive the decoration during the Vietnam War. He is the 32nd Medal of Honor recipient with a plaque on ...