The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought near the Philippines over several days with a number of different engagements. The ...

Fred Settle scans the side of his USS Abner Read coffee mug - it lists all the battles in which he and his crew were engaged during World War II. He reads of a list of islands with strange names where ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton British steam tanker HMS Empire Mica cruised east through calm waters toward Key West, Florida, where it planned to join a convoy bound for the United Kingdom.

WASHINGTON -- After nearly 12 years, Max Fuson still can see the blank stares of anxious American troops headed past him into Iraq. David Blade still can smell the oil fires below as he flew into ...

Gulf War illness (GWI), the chronic, debilitating condition linked to military service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, will ...