LITCHFIELD - An Army nurse who cared for wounded soldiers evacuated from the battlefield during World War II is American ...

The ceremony will take place on May 19 at the Gov. William A. O’Neil State Armory on Broad Street in Hartford, commemorating ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship torpedoed and sunk by Nazi Germany was definitively confirmed by Brazil’s navy ...

This WWII video highlights the two carriers, USS Roosevelt and USS Monterey, as they head out from the Navy Yard on duty.

Robbins and his crew called the plan “Operation Pinwheel” because of the circular motion the planes would create when pushing the massive carrier in its desired direction.

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 ...

Frank Barresi of Hallowell Drive, Foxboro’s lone surviving World War II veteran, had died Jan. 13 at age 98, Foxboro Town ...

President Woodrow Wilson is known for showing Birth of a Nation in the White House and leading the Second Wave of the Ku Klux ...

The U.S.S. Intrepid, launched in 1943, stands as a symbol of resilience and courage, having bravely survived five kamikaze ...

The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...