World War II dive bomber Sid Zimman, who lives in Oceanside, turned 100 on Thursday and shared what he calls his “adventures with the Marine Corps” some 80 years ago. Zimman fought the war in the ...

PORTAGE, MI -- Restoration of a World War II-era plane found at the bottom of Lake Michigan is nearing completion, and family of the pilot who crash-landed it in 1944 said it will help bring them ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was one of the truly great aircraft of World War II. It played a major role throughout the Pacific. On June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, SBDs destroyed four Japanese ...

A Douglas 38 SBD Dauntless dive bomber takes off from the training aircraft carrier Wolverine in early 1943. At least 38 of these aircraft crashed in Lake Michigan on training missions during World ...

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

The mural, "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," had been partially visible in historic photographs taken before the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The intense three days of fighting along Lunga Ridge became known at the time as the Battle of the Ridge. After the battle, Lunga Ridge was known to the Marines as ...

This ambitious and successful work comprehensively analyzes the Allied air offensive against Japan that began with ace pilot James Doolittle’s raid of April 1942. The Army Air Corps’s deployment in ...

PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — The family of a veteran who crash-landed a plane in Lake Michigan is finally getting some closure. Lt. John Lendo was the last person to pilot the U.S. Navy Douglas "Dauntless" ...