Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty” Rippin after they surprised her with cake and gift for her 101st birthday on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 ...

Harold 'Hal' Todd Jr. served on the USS Lagarto (SS 371) during World War II and frequently wrote letters to his wife, Rae. While on deployment, Rae gave birth to their son, but Hal was killed in ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — The crew of the USS Fort Worth gathered Monday to celebrate the milestone birthday of Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran ...

Albert “Hank" Sturgess Jr. earned nine battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for his bravery while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.

At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation ... who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his motor torpedo boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer ...

Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Toro salutes in the rain as he arrives for the USS Richard M ... to volunteer for naval service during World War II and the first to be promoted to an O-6 rank.

They have no clue shopping malls were invented in Youngstown and Warren, and they do not know our region made the steel to build America’s infrastructure and win World War II. They are good ...

The cruiser earned four battle stars for her role in World War II. In 1951, as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, CL-40 was transferred to the Chilean Navy and renamed O'Higgins (CL-02 ...

"The large group most threatened is the 4.5 million people who worked in World War II shipyards, where asbestos dust was so ... AFFF use in the U.S. Navy is still ongoing today. Yes. The USS Nimitz, ...