During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway to draw out and destroy what remained of the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — "They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so, they changed the course of a war," so says an inscription on the World War Two Memorial in Washington, referring to the ...

Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway to draw out and destroy what remained of the ...

Associated Press Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands during ...

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval District Washington commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway with a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial, June 4. The Battle of Midway took place ...

The Battle of Midway took place from June 4-8, 1942, and is considered to be a turning point for the Allies in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battle proved to be the first decisive victory ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A ceremony at the Naval Air Station Pensacola was held Friday morning to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Hosted by the Navy Medicine Operational Training ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

On Thursday, dozens gathered at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton to recognize the 80th anniversary of D-day and the 82nd anniversary of the Battle of Midway. “Nations go to war, but it’s the ...

Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German battleship Bismarck, damaged but still operational, attempted to break free ...