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A Grade 12 student at Uxbridge Secondary School has been awarded a $100,000 Loran scholarship.
World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.
I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...
The public was invited to attend the dedication of a new portrait and display within the Tazewell County Courthouse ...
A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ...
As the Great Flood of 1927 crested, floodwaters inundated Humphrey in Arkansas and Jefferson Counties. A now iconic ...
The United States Navy has used the same standards to assign names and hull numbers to its vessels for more than a century.
Faktor was on a mission on April 18, 1942, when 16 U.S. bombers, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, took off from the USS Hornet and air-raided Japan in retaliation for the attack on Pearl ...
The Marine Reconnaissance Foundation will proudly host its 7th Annual Gold Star Family Retreat on the island of Oʻahu, a heartfelt tradition dedicated to honoring the ...
Constructed under the Virginia-class modular design program, Iowa integrates cutting-edge systems for undersea warfare, ...
USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. W hen it comes to legendary ...
There's a "USS" in the name of every commissioned ship in the United States Navy. But other designations are more obscure.