More than 1,100 sailors died on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Those…
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk was born in February 1921 in Northumberland, Penn. Growing up, he helped his father with his coal business, moving…
Boeing has been awarded a contract to deliver two additional KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, bringing…
World War II Navy Rear Adm. Bruce McCandless lost most of his ship’s senior officers during an intense fight during…
Army Pfc. Joe Nishimoto faced discrimination during World War II because of his Japanese lineage, but that didn’t stop him…
Navy Chief Gunner’s Mate Oscar Schmidt Jr. likely knew working on a ship during World War I would be…
In recent weeks, North Korea has conducted numerous ballistic missile tests, including firing a ballistic missile over Japan. “The United…
Charles H. Brown was born in August 1924 in Kingwood, W.Va. After turning 18, he began attending Potomac State College….
Horace E. Crouch was born in October 1918, in Columbia, S.C., and attended The Citadel for college after graduating from…
James Lewis Day was born in East St. Louis, Ill., in October 1925. He joined the Marine Corps in 1943,…
Ernest C. Cheatham Jr. was born in July 1929, in Long Beach, Calif. After graduating high school in 1947, he…
Richard O’Kane graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934 and commissioned into the Navy. His first assignments were aboard…
To a generation of young Americans, the flying aces of World War I inspired many to follow in their footsteps…