The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

When organized battle ended after two months, Manila was one of the most thoroughly devastated cities of World War II. The Japanese Navy had blown up Manila's harbor and destroyed the old city.

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...

While it has become the most intense sustained combat the sea service’s warships have seen since World War II, the Navy continues to prioritize preparing for a conflict in the Pacific. This begs the ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie Kitty Rippin after they surprised her with cake ...

Miller talked about her time in the Navy, with stories of the battles, scary moments and ... the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. “She did it in a different ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo ... American country to send troops overseas in World War II. Throughout the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boats patrolled ...

Navy Ensign Raven Battles presents a birthday cake to Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran at her home in Haltom City. Rippin turned 101 on Jan. 31.( ...