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They were founded before 1900, endured two World Wars, two bankruptcies, the bailout-era crisis, and remained standing. Among ...
Books & the Arts / A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America. Mark Chiusano ...
From a filmmaker's courage in pushing or breaching the boundaries of what is seen acceptable cinema to addressing delicate ...
World War II submarines usually had a distinct look, shaped more like boats than the conventional crafts. But was there a ...
After Pearl Harbor, German U-boats attacked the U.S. coast, with Captain Hardegen’s U-123 finding an unprotected, lit-up coastline. For months, these U-boats wreaked havoc, forcing the U.S. to quickly ...
The walls and roof of the German U-boat pens at Saint-Nazaire France proved too strong for allied bombers during World War II.
Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt. Cmdr. John Bulkeley ...
Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...
A U-Boat Class II submarine (this one depicted, UB-35, was the same class as UB-29) prowls the open seas. Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo You get an idea before you even walk in his doo ...
The rescue of passengers from a capsized boat off the Florida coast turned tragic on Sunday after one person was found dead and five are still missing. The US Coast Guard initially responded to a ...