On March 19, 2003, in a televised address, President George W. Bush announced that coalition forces had begun an invasion of ...
Loomis Hall, originally Academic Hall at Alton College, now houses the Alton Museum of History and Art.
Following Dick’s high school graduation, he, like many young men at that time, enlisted in the Navy and served aboard the USS Collette in the Pacific at the end of World War II. After his ...
The house at 701 Marshall St. dates to 1854 and was once home to the Alter family, who helped establish Schuette Bros. in ...
Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in ...
He designed the building to mimic the curves of the flybridge of the battleship he served on in World War II: the USS Nevada. When Lipton and Friar, who already owned the nearby Viewpoint Hotel ...
After serving in World War II and as a training ship afterward, the USS Becuna was enhanced with a GUPPY 1-A conversion in 1951. The submarine carried out various peacetime missions, such as ...
An expedition crew led by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen found the famous USS Juneau, where the five Sullivan brothers perished during WWII, 4,200 meters below the surface on the floor of the ...
The USS Becuna submarine sank 3,888 tons of shipping and earned four battle stars in World War II. Becuna underwent a Greater Underwater Propulsive Power (GUPPY) 1-A modernization in 1951. Now a ...
On January 17, 1955, the USS Nautilus transmitted a historic message ... or about 23 miles per hour. Previously, World War II submarines powered by diesel engines and electric batteries could ...