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Seaman 1st Class James Ward, who enlisted in the Navy just about a year prior to Pearl Harbor, became one of five Oklahoma...

At the ceremony in the U.S. Capitol on for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, House Speaker Mike Johnson said...

The USS Borie landed on the German submarine U-405's foredeck during World War II, locking the ships together for an...

Historians might disagree on whose side of the story is more accurate, but screenwriters and producers agree that no matter...

A year after joining the Navy the day after graduating high school, Robert Curl of Alabama found himself on Omaha Beach...

It's believed Walters' crane helped sailors from the Pennsylvania shoot down at least eight to 10 attacking fighters.

Director Ridley Scott is not a historian and presumably wants to entertain rather than to enlighten. But the problem of...

Today, American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the Armed Forces at five times the national average — with the women...

"The Metal Detector" began airing on PBS and on PBS.org starting on Nov. 11, 2023.

James Clavell had some of the worst luck during his military service, but he would later use all of it to shape his future...