The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...

The costly victory on Saipan cost over 16,000 American casualties but provided the key to ending the war, as engineers rushed ...

As the world focused on Normandy in 1944, a less famous but equally pivotal battle was brewing for the island of Saipan, a ...

Actor and singer-songwriter Niall McNamee tells John Blow about Leeds United, appearing in football film Saipan, his ...

The Marines, however, modified LVTs with ramps that allowed their men to penetrate the atoll on the northwest. Moreover, the ...

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...

From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War ...

Electronics Technician First Class Ed Kesler, who will turn 100 later this month, spent a quiet Veterans Day with family and ...

Walter Knight, 101, pictured in his Colorado Springs home on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, served in the Army as a medic in the Pacific during World War II. Knight worked as a watchmaker after the war. He ...

IRELAND legend Mick McCarthy spoke to Steve Coogan ahead of playing him in the Saipan film, but was “hoping for George Clooney” or “Denzel Washington”. The former footie gaffer, 64, is coming to ...

The flood of angry —and justified— reactions to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, reveals less about the committee’s decision than about the public’s sense of shock. How ...

Roy Keane had had enough, and what would follow was a series of events so extraordinary that they divided Ireland down the middle during the unforgettable summer of 2002.