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 ...

An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in a fierce battle a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor has ...

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 ...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faced protests during a memorial speech as families of Hamas attack victims blamed him for failures leading to the October 7, 2023 attack and the lack of progress ...

Iran confirmed an Israeli attack had targeted military sites in the capital Tehran and other parts of the country, but said it had caused "limited damage". The armed forces said later two soldiers ...