Area fallen soldiers remembered 81 years after Allied landing craft sank off coast of Italy
When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...
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'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
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World War II veteran who served in Pacific Theater dies at 98
Services were held Monday for Gilbert "Gil" Nadeau, who survived kamikaze attacks while serving aboard a Navy landing craft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Nadeau died Oct. 19 ...
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Pearl Harbor letter wins December Golden Pen
Not only did the attack plunge the United States into World War II ... the Navy Yard built ships, tug boats, destroyers, destroyer escorts, tenders, troop transports and landing craft." ...
The United States Navy Is Fielding Dozens of These Destroyers
The United States Navy maintains an edge when it comes to sheer numerical superiority over most nations. When you have ...
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New China satellite photos of D-Day-style landing barges making experts sweat
“The barges are reminiscent of the Mulberry Harbours built for the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II,” Sutton observes ... other ships or landing craft to dock.
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‘Built extremely quickly’: New China pics making experts sweat
“The barges are reminiscent of the Mulberry Harbours built for the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II,” Sutton observes ... other ships or landing craft to dock.
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Maritime Matters: The MarineLink podcast
The company was born in the aftermath of WWII, founded on an invention developed ... engine overheating problem that was plaguing U.S. Navy landing craft. Family owned and operated from day ...