Mary Hawkins spent 13 months flying the wounded out of the Pacific Theater, becoming one of the few women to be awarded the ...

Converted bombers would roar a few hundred feet above the sea dropping depth charges and firing rockets; with over 120 Allied ...

Aircraft carriers have been central to the U.S. Navy, and over the years they have only increased in importance since their introduction in World War 2. Each new generation has pushed the limits of ...

1846: U.S. Marines and Navy sailors take possession of San Diego during the early months of the Mexican-American War. Two ...

History remembers the battles, but not always those who fought them. Countless minority veterans risked everything for a ...

Sergeant John Basilone and his unit were facing relentless fire from the Japanese forces during the Battle for Henderson Field in October of 1942 when suddenly he realized that the weapons they were ...

Peter Cagg 81, of St. Joseph, passed away Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in a St. Joseph health care center. He was born May 5, 1944, in St. Joseph, son of the late Ethel and Lawrence Cagg. He graduated from ...

Judith Kirkland Duval, 81, born March 31, 1944, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the UVM Medical Center after a short illness. Judy was born in Claremont, N.H., the youngest child of ...

On this day (October 8) in 1944, Susan Raye was born in Eugene, Oregon. After singing with a rock band in high school, Raye transitioned to country music and became a mainstay on her local radio ...

The Summer Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world, typically bringing more than 10,000 athletes from dozens of countries together every four years. But the most recent iteration of the ...

Richard A. Dillman, 81, formerly of Salisbury Twp., passed away peacefully Oct. 9, 2025 in Phoebe Home Allentown. He was the husband of the late Patricia A. (Brong) Dillman. Born in Allentown, he was ...

After a six-month deployment filled with military exercises and disaster relief missions across Australia and the Philippines, the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is headed home, the Australian Defence ...