Eddie Albert - who had himself been a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist - also saw action at the Battle of Tarawa. This is to say that while Aldrich's film may have been rooted in allegory ...

In the years that followed, he survived the battles of Tarawa, Saipan ... also 17 when he joined the Navy in 1944 and served in the Battle of Okinawa. Now 98, Beckstrom said he had never been ...

Tarawa's history is deeply marked by World War II, with remnants of battle still scattered along its shores. The Phoenix Islands, the world's largest Marine Protected Area, host only one inhabited ...

World War II war correspondent Robert Sherrod, who had been at the battle, presented Olson's conclusions at a reunion of Tarawa survivors and told Olson that the marines were gratified that there ...

Following a 6-3 victory in Game 5, the Panthers won the Battle of Florida, taking the series 4-1. The pesky Panthers squad outdid their state rivals in the latest Battle of Florida, outplaying the ...

Grant on April 9 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. A few months prior to that surrender — Feb. 20, 1865 — was the Battle of Fort Myers. Cathy Chestnut wrote about that battle in the Feb. 21 ...

The Leafs locked up first place in the Atlantic Division on Tuesday night with a 4-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center, which sets up a Battle of Ontario in the post-season.

The Atlantic Star medal that 99-year-old John Watts wears proudly on his uniform harkens back to his naval service in the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic. Watts and his daughter ...

Thirty-four tolls of the naval monument bell echoed through Windsor’s Dieppe Gardens, honouring each Royal Canadian Navy vessel sunk during the Battle of the Atlantic eight decades ago.

So, while it took six years and a totally different show, HBO finally gave us the “Battle of Winterfell” we deserved. Not everything that happens on TV is about Game of Thrones. Not everything ...