World War II film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne is so underrated it’s criminal that most people haven't seen ...

The navy has been slow to adopt innovations because the U.S. Navy is the largest in the world and the American fleet is expensive to maintain and sustain. In the U.S. Navy, replacing older ships ...

Mr. Fay was known for his close friendship with President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, whom he met while in PT boat training during World War II. They were assigned to ... He was a trustee of the Naval ...

The French battleship was under Vichy French control, which cooperated with Nazi Germany. Jean Bart had only been 75% ...

After several months spent at Lake Pleasant, northwest of Phoenix, the Philippine Mars, Martin JRM Mars flying boat, has ...

After several months spent at Lake Pleasant, northwest of Phoenix, the Philippine Mars, Martin JRM Mars flying boat, is on its final journey to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.

Memorial Day became an official holiday in 1971, but it started in 1868 as Decoration Day. It began as an effort to remember ...

Ken Arkell served during the war but never got to board a motor gun boat Four veterans celebrated VE Day with a special trip on a high-speed World War Two vessel. As part of events at Portsmouth ...

The U.S. Navy dropped nuclear bombs on its own ships loaded with rats and other animals to see the effect of nuclear weapons ...

Peter Wellman made a final visit last year to see the abandoned coastal village, where he was born and brought up. Tyneham in ...