When World War II Marine Corps hero Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who was based at Camp Pendleton, received the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military award in 1942, he was said to have ...

The legacy of the all-Black World War II Women’s Army Corps unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, will be highlighted during a Feb. 20 New Hanover County Black History Month recognition ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Russell Clarence Nalle Jr., one of the last surviving World War II Tuskegee Airmen members, has died. He was 103.

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

WWII veteran Tony Battaglia, who served as a medic in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and later moved to Honesdale, died Friday ...

An alternative energy mechanical engineer, two aerospace engineers, and a corrosion research engineer received the highest ...

Since the birth of the U.S. Navy, Sailors have found unique ways to show pride in their work. From early tattoos to today’s ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper ... as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting ...