The Destruction of Convoy PQ-17
In mid-1942, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrestled with a stark – and embarrassing – fact. Of …
In mid-1942, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrestled with a stark – and embarrassing – fact. Of …
The Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar fighter of the 1950s would have been a brilliant mistake if the thinking behind it had …
Then-Ensign George Gay, U.S. Navy Reserve, was the pilot of one of the 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron …
One of the great ironies of the Battle of Midway is that the most pivotal naval air battle in history …
The Battle of the Coral Sea had barely concluded when Task Force 17 under the command of Rear Adm. Frank …
First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham became the first Marine to enter the world of aeronautics when he arrived at the …
The Royal Navy learned many hard lessons from the Falklands war in 1982. And they don’t want today’s sailors to …
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the U.S. Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – and at 51 years of age, its longest …
On Feb. 20, 2012, more than seventy years after the event, a Pearl Harbor veteran will be decorated for his …
In the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox decided that …