World War II Navy veteran Harsel Durham served aboard the USS Richmond and fought in the Battle of Komandorski — Retired ...

Bill Margraf •Born Jan. 19, 1926 Sometimes, you get lucky. Other times, you have to be patient. For Bill Margraf, a World War ...

In early 1942, the United States launched a secret naval experiment to stop German submarines. At the center of that gamble ...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis E. Roemer, who died as a POW during World War II, has been officially accounted for.

In 1918, just years before World War II reshaped global warfare, a massive U.S. Navy ship vanished at sea. USS Cyclops, her ...

A Wilmington native who died while being held as a prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II has been positively identified through analysis of his remains, U.S. military officials said this ...

World War II veteran and local resident, Ernest “Ernie” Zubalik, turns 100 years old on Monday. Ernest Zubalik grew up in ...

Don Sarver of Kansas City, Missouri, celebrated his 104th birthday last Thursday. The former World War II torpedoman believes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

A soldier from Delaware has been accounted for after he was killed during World War II, according to the Defense POW/MIA ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

A luxury ocean liner burned and capsized in New York Harbor on Feb. 9, 1942. The SS Normandie, being converted into a troopship, caught fire during welding work and took 6,000 tons of water from ...