On April 9, 1940, the Battle of Drøbak Sound marked the commencement of World War ii in Western Europe. A German fleet, led ...

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The Arleigh Burke was never meant to dominate the fleet. It was smaller than cruisers, stripped of key systems, and designed to be politically safe and affordable. Yet it became the most produced U.S.

John B. Gordon 383 UDC is joining in the celebration of the “Happy 250th Birthday USA!” During each meeting, a chapter member ...

New Zealand passes world’s first complete tobacco ban, outlawing smoking for those born after 2009. 2023 Researchers pinpoint ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Hunting musk ox and caribou on the scoured rock and ice of Greenland requires a knowledgeable guide and a good boat ...

VFW Post 6472, American Legion Post 148 Silver Creek & Amvets Post 6472 held a Wreath-Laying Ceremony to honor the Americans ...

The lead vessel of a new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers developed to supplement the U.S. Navy's conventionally-powered Kitty Hawk -class, USS Nimitz, was commissioned into service by ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

From October 2023 to October 2025, the US Navy rotated multiple carrier strike groups to the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and ...

On December 10, 1944, an American admiral stated that the Japanese kamikaze attacks were “… beating the hell out of us.” ...