PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick Nairn of Aliquippa are among 58 Pennsylvania soldiers who died the morning of Jan. 26, 1944, when their ship struck a Nazi mine being remembered ...
The in-depth story of the USS Indianapolis Disaster. Burn on their sinking ship or brave the shark-infested waters of the Pacific.
The USS Indianapolis, a 120,000 ton American heavy-cruiser, sank in 1945. Three hundred souls were ... [+] lost in the sinking, but around 900 survived. Stranded without rescue for days ...
At 105, he was the oldest survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack and the last remaining crew member of the USS Utah, according to Kathleen Farley, the California state chairwoman of the Sons and ...
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to the ‘Black Eagles’ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson ...
the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors. Bob Fernandez, who served on the USS Curtiss, also died last month, at age 100, and Warren Upton, 105, who served on ...
With Chandler’s death only 15 are still living, according to a tally maintained by Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors. Bob Fernandez, who ...
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulls into Port Klang, Malaysia, Dec. 29, 2024. US Navy Photo “This visit marks the second U.S. Navy aircraft carrier visit to Malaysia in ...
Last August approximately 2,800 sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan joined the Puget Sound community after the aircraft carrier changed its homeport from Yokosuka, Japan, to Bremerton, in one of ...
his final wishes were to be buried side-by-side with his wife instead of being interred within the USS Utah’s wreckage, a solemn yet optional tradition among Pearl Harbor survivors, according to ...