Henry Diedrich poses with his memoir, “Voyages Thru Calm Yet Stormy Seas,” at his home at Rock Island’s Friendship Manor. The ...

A U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage ...

Most Americans agree that the country's involvement in WWII was sparked by the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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The discovery, announced Monday, has revealed the resting place of more than 200 servicemen who died three months after the ...

Charles Sehe, a war hero and scholar whose contributions to science and freedom are well documented in museums and libraries, died Nov. 1 at age 101 surrounded by family and prayers — and ready to ...

He helped bombard the Normandy coast during the legendary D-Day invasion. He witnessed the historic sinking of the USS ...

With Veteran's Day drawing to a close, we take a look at one of the forgotten ships of Pearl Harbor, the USS Utah.

The wreck of the USS Edsall, a lone American destroyer that fought a Japanese fleet, has been found in the Indian Ocean, the ...

A North Dakota sailor who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was laid to rest during an interment ceremony Oct. 25 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ...