Chester Nimitz, born in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1885, rose to become a key figure in the U.S. Navy during World War II. As Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz led crucial victories ...

Amanda Reynolds, a Long Island lawyer, is suing the Navy, alleging age discrimination hindered her dream of becoming the first female Navy SEAL. She claims the Navy delayed her application ...

A WWII veteran is honored on a commercial flight because he is 100 years old and is one of very few survivors on the 80th ...

Actors Nicholas Galitzine, who is the incumbent He-Man actor, and Bill Skarsgård, of IT and Nosferatu fame, have both just been tapped to star in a new WWII drama called Mosquito Bowl ...

MAPLE PARK, Ill. — “You can do whatever you want, you just can’t come back here.” Chris Gould still remembers those words from his parents when he was told there wasn’t an opportunity ...

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ...

O’Donovan, more than 80 years after he died as a POW during World War II, was laid to rest with full military honors Tuesday ... “He was a man who became legend,” Bayles said.

When his wife suggested he join the Navy, he was uncertain at first. “And I said, ‘What? Come on,’” he recalled. “I just came from Egypt. Like, they’re not gonna accept me.” ...