The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

Flickr/Grille1991 The U-Boat Attacks off Myrtle Beach German submarines hunted ships off South Carolina in early 1942, bringing World War II to American shores. From January to June, Nazi U-boats sank ...

Nearly 80 years after scaling barbed wire fences in Nazi-occupied Poland and jumping from moving trains in search of freedom ...

One of 10 South Dakota children in his family, Loyd was one of the seven Brandt boys, six of whom served in the United States ...

The German submarine U-977, a Type VIIC U-boat, became the center of one of World War II’s most intriguing post-war mysteries ...

Two of my paternal Cavan aunts worked as nurses in London during 2. Auntie Maggie vividly remembered the Blitz and dealing with ...

William Sharp of Little Egg Harbor found New Jersey's biggest lobster on July 4, 2003, in 70 feet of water, a record that can ...

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

A German U-boat brought WWII to RI's doorstep. Now it lies on the ocean floor Underwater imagery shows the sunken remains of the German submarine U-853 in Rhode Island waters.

The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States.

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may ...