In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

The Old Saybrook Fire Department was first responder on the scene at deadly boat crash, but it's a far cry when it used WWII ...

The Essex-class aircraft carriers proved their worth in World War II, setting a standard for naval aviation. Built without ...

Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like ...

The Allied and Axis forces lost thousands of ships during World War II, and many of those vessels ... Bismarck's position before it got within range of U-boat and Luftwaffe protection.

However, the researchers admit that they've found little physical evidence of the boats themselves, other than a few small ...

Outer Banks Voice The front lines of WWII were on the doorstep of the Outer Banks in 1942. In the first six months of that year, more than 360 Allied ships trying to cross the ...

Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr.

These are the best World War II movies of the past eight decades, according to a Military.com survey of U.S. service members ...

US small-business optimism declined in August by the most in more than two years as earnings tumbled and firms grew more downbeat about prospects for sales and the economy. The National Federation ...

As D-Day drew near, Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army chief of staff, dispatched a messenger to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in ...

Tupperware was once a US kitchen staple. It's now at risk of going out of business. Here's the history of the brand famous for parties and plastic.