An expedition group composed of government and private organizations discovered the long-lost WWII destroyer on Aug. 1 with ...

The StuG III, or Sturmgeschütz III, was the most produced German armored fighting vehicle in WWII. It could penetrate the front armor of tanks like the KV-1. The powerful tank destroyer and its ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, shown here a week or two before she was lost in the battle.

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

Even though Ford stopped production of the M4A3 Sherman in 1943, it continued creating M4 engines for other tanks until the end of World War II. Ford also produced the M10 Tank Destroyer as part ...

Several warships have been discovered across the globe in recent months. Last November, the sunken World War II destroyer USS Edsall was located at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, just days after ...

It took months for Steve Mortensen to assemble a model of a World War II destroyer escort. But the hours of toiling and sweating the details of the model to ensure it was an accurate ...

a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was officially over launched an attack that would be the final battle of the war. It was also the last battle between two ships under sail.

That night, Japanese forces ran into the U.S. 7th Fleet in Surigao Strait, losing two battleships, a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers ...