Mason Stewart grew up in Brunswick on Reynolds Street in the immediate aftermath of World War II. It led to an interest in ...

In a recent op-ed in the Carroll County Times, “Trump got his WWII history wrong,” Doug Mallouk stated: “Regarding the 80th ...

Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to War Doug Most. Simon & Schuster, $30.99 (464p) ISBN 978-1-6680-1778-4 ...

Parades, fireworks, and picnics have always been standard patriotic celebrations. See how your party plans stack up to these ...

Sailors assisted the young men on a ship at anchor in the river.

Bob Castro and daughter Angela Watford made a trip to Beaumont last week on a hunt for family history — the focus of their journey the island that sits in the Neches River between the Purple Heart ...

Harvard just happens to be the biggest lightning rod as the Trump administration goes after institutions the president sees ...

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The US Army said Tuesday it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.

Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft ... On June 6, 1944 − D-Day − World War II's invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, got underway. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of ...

BISAHA: And the U.S. decided after World War II to keep these liberty ships around for decades to use in future wars. SLEDGE: And that was the origin of the ghost fleet.

Operation Overlord saw a mobilization of 2,876,000 Allied troops in Southern England, as well as hundreds of ships and airplanes, in preparation for a ground invasion, the largest the world had seen.