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 ...

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During World War II, a Japanese pilot crashed into the USS Missouri. The ship's captain, William Callaghan, ordered a military burial for the pilot. This act of compassion is remembered today.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was a stream of people entering the military to fight in World War II. While there ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

One such system that wreaked havoc on the United States military in the Pacific was Japan ... 1941—only months before Japan officially entered WWII. Japan’s B1-type submarines were among ...

International radio broadcasting for U.S. military forces began during World War II. It expanded in the 1950s ... He worked at a radio station before joining the Navy and reached out to his ...

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 ...

(WLOX) - Ingalls Shipbuilding serves as an all too familiar site for World War II Navy veteran Alfred Lewis ... he wasn’t even old enough to join the navy, his father had to sign an order ...

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 ...