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Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
A Classic Car Appeared on a Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier. No One Knows Who Put It There.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)—an aircraft carrier commissioned in September 1937 and sunk in October 1942—was equipped with 24 Oerlikon ...
All About The SS United States: Why Was This Ship So Important?
As the ocean liner SS United States is being prepared for its final voyage, from Alabama to a site off Florida, we look back ...
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US reviving WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan sparks local concern
A former airbase used by the United States in World War II to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki is ...
The Navy may revive this forgotten Alaskan base that sits halfway to Russia
Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.
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Hometown History: Iowa fathers, brothers, and sons serving the US Navy in WWII
The Sullivans weren’t the only set of brothers from Iowa who served their country during World War II. There were eight brothers and a father from Odebolt who enlisted in the Navy as well. “They could ...
Mysterious Ford automobile found in hangar of USS-Yorktown shipwreck that sank during WWII
The USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1937 and took part in several World War II missions in the Pacific before it went down ...
Massive WWII mural found intact on walls of USS Yorktown sunk in 1942, NOAA says
Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 ...
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These Are the States with the Most Living WWII Veterans
The United States served as the central ... the states home to the most World War II veterans are not necessarily home to a high concentration of military veterans in general.