Braswell sold the last of his skating rinks in the 1990s and turned his focus to the pawn shop business. His son, Douglas, ...
The Pacific during the Second World War was the largest battlefield in history, yet all but a tiny fraction of it was water.
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RICHMOND — Dozens of well-wishers turned the S.S. Red Oak Victory, a floating World War II museum in Richmond’s historic ...
The USS Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in World War II, is now a museum and war memorial in Massachusetts.
As victory in Europe was secured in May 1945, the war in the Pacific raged on with undiminished ferocity. Facing Japan’s refusal to surrender and the horrifying projections of Operation Downfall, ...
During World War II in 1943, small American PT boats challenged Japan’s deadly control of night warfare in the Pacific.
John “Johnny Q” Quinesso Sr., a WWII Navy veteran, celebrated his 100th birthday aboard the Battleship New Jersey in Camden on Thursday ...
World War II veterans Robert Miller and Willard Smith found each other in the same assisted living facility 82 years after fighting in the Battle of Luzon.
Standing on the steps of the Humboldt County Courthouse, these young Humboldt men have all been inducted into the military on ...
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When Did Battleships Become Obsolete?

Though battleships saw extensive and meritorious service in World War II, the conflict exposed their weaknesses against the rising power of the aircraft carrier.
The rapid buildup to the biggest, baddest aircraft carriers started with the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor.