Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

Compared to the Fletcher class destroyer with its five 5-inch dual-purpose guns and 10 Mark 15 19-inch torpedoes in two rows of torpedo tubes, Roberts had only two 5-inch gun turrets and a single ...

Many acts of heroism followed, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Roberts. Roberts was meant to escort convoys and fight submarines, not engage enemy warships. Compared to the ...

This is how World War II came to Hutchinson ... Mr. and Mrs. George Fletcher received word from their son, Edwin, first class petty officer on the U.S.S. St. Louis. He wrote that he was OK.

Restoration efforts of the Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) were completed earlier this year. At the same time, progress continues to be made on the New York-class battleship USS Texas ...

Well, the thing is, kids never listen. And neither did Kyle Fletcher, when he was growing up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. With over a decade of experience under his belt despite being just 26 ...

Fletcher carried a special heirloom — a handkerchief that has been passed down on her mother's side of the family since her grandfather and his brother brought it back from World War II.

The last Martin Mars flying boat, Philippine Mars, has landed in Arizona for permanent display at the Pima Air and Space ...

From combating pirates and defending air attacks, to delivering humanitarian aid, these high-tech Type 45 destroyers are the pride of the naval fleet.” ...

When a historical project started in 1942, during World War II, the 910 photos collected were originally displayed on 13 large panels on the courthouse lawn. “Back then people didn’t know ...