Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team
Battalion, 4th Marines was captured in World War II and reforged from the Marine Corps' first Raider units. Now it will ...
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The Dramatic Rescue of the Citizen Sailors Who Patrolled the Atlantic Coast Looking for Nazi U-Boats
During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who risked their lives watching out for enemy ...
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USS Washington: The Unsung Hero of the Pacific War In the 1940s
Commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 May 1941 ... battleship named after the 42nd state were diverted upon the entry of the United States into World War II after the Pearl Harbor attack on ...
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Navy Plan to Buy 85 New Ships Will Cost $1 Trillion, CBO Says
The 2025 plan to recapitalize the Navy’s fleet will cost about $40.1 billion annually — about double what the service has ...
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U.S. Navy Names Next Two Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers
The next two United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers – both of the Flight III – have officially been ...
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A Young Jimmy Carter Wasn't Pleased His First Navy Assignment Was The USS Wyoming
Ensign Jimmy Carter was assigned to serve on a by-then aging and broken-down USS Wyoming after graduating from the U.S. Naval ...
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Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103
Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base, has died. He was 103. Chandler ...
Gun from Navy ship that fired 2nd Pearl Harbor shot may move to new museum
After 66 years of being displayed outdoors at the Minnesota State Capitol, a 50-caliber gun that arguably fired the second ...
WWII ship found, provides closure for South Dakota family
Japanese forces attacked and sank the USS Edsall. More than 200 American troops were on board at the time. Some were taken as prisoners of war; others were left to die.
The oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 105
Warren “Red” Upton, the 105-year-old World War II US veteran who was the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese surprise ...
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Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in South China Sea
US Navy Photo The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is now operating in the South China Sea, according to Pentagon imagery, while several U.S. Navy ships docked in Singapore over the ...