America’s Essex-class aircraft carriers were the backbone of U.S. naval power in World War II’s Pacific War and stayed ...
The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...
There are no plans to raise the Baltimore’s wreck and restore it for museum display and preservation. Some of the most satisfying, not to mention poignantly solemn, moments are those when a long-lost ...
America’s legendary 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) earned its nickname “Bloody Hundredth” for the losses it sustained during strategic bombing missions over Europe in 1943. On its first mission on ...
It seems fighter planes and bombers weren't the only vehicles aboard a famous U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II. A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the ...