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Just off the N13 in Normandy stands La Barquette Locks, a seemingly quiet crossing that became a critical objective on D-Day. We follow the scattered paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, is currently heading toward the Middle East. (MCS Alyssa Joy/U.S. Navy) The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft ...

The U.S. Navy’s second nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier completed testing Wednesday, roughly a week after it powered out to sea. The USS John F. Kennedy, which is set to join the ...

– Itka Zygmuntowicz (1926–2020), Survivor of Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Death Camp (1940–1945) RG-50.030*0435, Oral history interview with Itka Zygmuntowicz, (1926-2020). Oral ...

The 50 year old nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to Bremerton, Washington on Dec. 16, 2025 after its final scheduled deployment. USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the oldest commissioned aircraft carrier ...

Sailors from the USS Nimitz embrace their family after returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, on Tuesday from a nine-month deployment. (MCS2 Peter K. McHaddad/U.S. Navy) The USS Nimitz aircraft ...

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), front, USS Mahan (DDG-72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) embarked Carrier Air ...

The U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Museum will mark the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday with a weekend of events aboard the USS Salem at Quincy’s Fore River Shipyard. The celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

World War II was a battle fought on all fronts. Dogfights across the skies, devastating battles on land, and, of course, skirmishes on the high seas all featured in the globe-spanning conflict. Given ...

An expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has just completed comprehensive archaeological surveys of more than a dozen vessels lost during the World ...