The StuG III, or Sturmgeschütz III, was the most produced German armored fighting vehicle in WWII. It could penetrate the front armor of tanks like the KV-1. The powerful tank destroyer and its ...
That night, Japanese forces ran into the U.S. 7th Fleet in Surigao Strait, losing two battleships, a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers ...
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, shown here a week or two before she was lost in the battle.
The Navy is about to name a ship in honor of Omaha’s World War II “Hero of the Solomons ... that one of the next new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG 142) will be named for Petty ...