Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.

Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy USS Silversides The USS Silversides began service on December 15, 1941, eight days after the ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

Everything Americans ate during World War II became slightly adulterated, highly substituted, or heavily rebranded. The goal ...

Virgil E. Frahm, a lifelong Nebraskan and veteran, was recognized for his service in World War II. The governor presented ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

PH3 BRYANT USS New Jersey USS New Jersey was the only battleship that fought in the Vietnam War. The Navy brought this ...

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...

On the daylong Living History Cruise, visitors can tour the galley, sleeping quarters, navigation center and museum spaces, ...

From 1941 to 1945, the men who enlisted in the U.S. military were trained to be warriors. When Lee Downing joined in June ...

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by U.S. forces during World War II a desperate German ...

During what has become known as the Battle of France in World War II, German troops had surrounded more than 338,000 allied troops on the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk ...