80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
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USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship The Navy Never Finished
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
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Indiana native who was among first women to join Navy for WWII dies at 107
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman known as one of the first women to serve in the Navy during World War II has died. Hellen Guthrie passed away Monday, March 3 at the age of 107. Born in ...
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Russian Navy submarine launches missiles in Sea of Japan drills, Tass agency reports
A submarine of Russia's Pacific Fleet conducted drills in the Sea of Japan, launching cruise missiles at sea and coastal targets, the Russian state Tass news agency reported on Wednesday.
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U.S. Air Force, Navy Restore Historic WWII-Era Airfield in the Pacific
U.S. Air Force engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine engineer teams have reclaimed a historic World War II airfield from jungle growth in the Western Pacific for use for operations for ...
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A World War II Navy veteran celebrates his 100th birthday
CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO)- A World War II Navy veteran from Southern Colorado is celebrating a huge milestone, he just reached his 100th birthday. According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs ...
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WW2 bomb found in river destroyed by Navy
An unexploded bomb found in a river in North Yorkshire has been destroyed by specialist naval divers. North Yorkshire Police said the device was found in the River Ure over the weekend, between ...
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U.S. Navy dive team joins international recovery effort in Lithuania
March 29 (UPI) --A specialized U.S. Navy dive team and a Polish engineering team joined the search for four missing U.S. Army soldiers whose armored vehicle sank in a Lithuanian peat bog on Tuesday.
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The Warship That Shows Why the U.S. Navy Is Falling Behind China
When a Wisconsin shipyard won the contract to build a new class of Navy frigate in 2020, the project was meant to address an embarrassing reality: The U.S. is now the global laggard in building ...
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Operation Barney: How WWII U.S. Navy Submarines Took Vengence on Japan
Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of Wahoo and her intrepid crew.
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WW2 bomb found in river destroyed by Navy
The unexploded bomb is believed to date from World War Two An unexploded bomb found in a river in North Yorkshire has been destroyed by specialist naval divers. North Yorkshire Police said the ...
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WAVES of change: The legacy of women who took the Navy by storm, broke barriers during World War II
WAVES Aviation Machinist’s Mates (AMM) working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, circa 24 July 1943. They are ...