MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s a floating time capsule along the lakeshore, with a unique link to U.S. history. The building of the Navy’s secret weapons connects Manitowoc to a turning point in World ...

Maybe I’m just entering that fabled “second childhood” or something. Lately, I’ve been returning to subjects that interested me when I was a kid. For many reasons ― except having a close family member ...

The battle for Casablanca showcases brutal US-French naval combat, soldier heroism, and the costs of conflict. Discover the ...

On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a direct hit on the bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser. The blast ignited the ship’s ...

Image Credit: RIA Novosti - CC-BY-SA 3.0/Wiki Commons. World War II wasn’t just fought by men and women on the front lines, it was also defined by the machines they rode, drove, and sailed into ...

A 99-year-old World War II Navy veteran received an award from Dominican University in Orangeburg during an international history conference on the global conflict this week. Arthur Grabiner, from ...

The Navy’s Disappearing Fleet When World War II ended in 1945, the U.S. Navy was the most powerful maritime force in his ...