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‘Take her down!’ WWII submarine skipper sacrificed with final order
Shot and clinging to the boat's bridge frame, submarine commander Howard W. Gilmore's gave his final order.
By Jon Guttman
Major League Baseball unveils commemorative uniforms to honor the fallen on Memorial Day
Major League Baseball unveiled special edition 2019 uniforms designed to honor the fallen.
By Jon Simkins
From Major League Baseball to paying the ultimate sacrifice: Marine was larger than life
O'Neill would only play one game in the big leagues before eventually sacrificing all on Iwo Jima.
By Jon Simkins
The Naval Academy’s oldest graduate dies at 104
The Naval Academy's oldest alumnus has died at the age of 104.
Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children
U.S. and Royal Air Force warplanes roared over the English city of Sheffield Friday to honor 10 American airmen who sacrificed their lives to save British children playing in a park beneath their crippled bomber during World War II.
Throwing flames: The Marines are torching Christmas trees with WWII flamethrowers
The M2, an iconic weapon for Marines storming islands in the Pacific during the World War II, "is the most successful and longest serving model of flamethrower ever produced."
By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
Sunken aircraft carrier Hornet — best known for Doolittle Raid — located miles below the waves
The members of the research vessel Petrel crew are no strangers to historic underwater archaeological discoveries.
By Jon Simkins
USS Indianapolis survivors recount harrowing battle for survival in new documentary
The film is available for viewing through Feb. 5.
By Jon Simkins
Look what’s in Russia’s latest blockbuster movie
Russia gets dozens of T-34 battle tanks it says are combat ready.
Museum dedicated to WWII homefront opens in Georgia
The exhibits remember the victims of U-boat attacks off the Georgia shore and the Coast Guard cutters and Navy blimps that fought the subs, not to mention the thousands of local shipyard workers who churned out Liberty ships.
Painting stolen in WWII is heading from US to Ukraine
The FBI seized the painting after a retired couple transported it to Washington, D.C., to be auctioned last year.
By Collin Binkley, Associated Press