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"That was the only time in my life he ever gave any real details, and I was in my 40s and had already done eight years of ...
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) built for the US Navy in the 80s. Footage Credit: US Navy , Derivative Work by The Daily ...
The US Navy has been pivoting from a Cold War alignment toward a more modern, flexible fleet as the focus shifts to the ...
On the 81st anniversary of the unprecedented D-Day invasion at Normandy, the memory of one Navy veteran lives on after his son was named the first American Pope in history.
A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s ...
Courtesy of The National WWII Museum The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel was a 36-foot landing craft made famous in the opening scene of the 1998 film, "Saving Private Ryan." ...
The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...
From next year, Austal is also scheduled to begin building eight landing craft heavy vessels at Henderson, based on the existing LST100 design from Dutch-owned shipbuilder Damen.
Third Class Petty Officer Ronald P. Yuhas was aboard a Navy landing craft laden with tons of ammunition when it was struck by a North Vietnamese rocket in Da Nang harbor on Feb. 25, 1969. One of mo… ...