‘There soon were hundreds of fins around us,’ recalled Harold Eck ... the attack - that a passing Navy plane spotted the survivors by sheer chance. The pilot immediately radioed for help.

Paul Tibbets and the Enola Gay, the pilot and aircraft that first dropped ... America's oldest and then-most successful retail chains. The United States entered World War II when Gonsalves was ...

During two tours in the United States ... a message from Harold Stark, the chief of naval operations in Washington, flashed to all U.S. Navy outposts in the Pacific: This dispatch is to be ...

They took off on one-way flights with just enough fuel to reach their targets. Kamikaze sank their first ship on Oct. 25, ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

During World War II, a Japanese pilot crashed into the USS Missouri. The ship's captain, William Callaghan, ordered a military burial for the pilot. This act of compassion is remembered today.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack ...

A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ...

Kamikaze sank their first ship on Oct. 25, 1944, when a navy Zero pilot smashed into the USS St. Lo in the Philippine Sea while carrying a pair of 550-pound (250-kilogram) bombs. Britain’s ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in ...