Lt. Arthur Preston and his PT boat crews did whatever it took to save a downed Navy airman in the South Pacific.
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
Ensign Gay was assigned to the Torpedo 8 Squadron aboard the USS Hornet. He piloted a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator. During the Battle of Midway, Gay was the first in his squadron to take off.
(U.S. Navy/National Archives) The next day, on May 8, 1942, the Battle of ... including Leppla and Liska’s squadron mates, Hall and Moore. Japanese torpedo bombers had an escort of their own ...
One of the US Navy’s most prized assets – a Virginia-class nuclear submarine – has been visiting Australia. We stepped aboard ...
Named Raigei, Japan's new submarine is powered by diesel-electric engines generating 6,000 hp and has a maximum underwater speed of 20 knots.
Determined helicopter pilots fought fires and dealt with an aircraft crash in preparation for a major deployment.