In November 1942, a scenario played out in Wakefield that resembled the script of a Hollywood movie. The main characters were Phyllis Priest, a beautiful hometown girl, and Cooper, a dashing Navy ...

How did radar play a crucial advantage for the Allied forces’ victory in WW2? AeroTime takes a look at how radar was deployed ...

The U.S. Navy dropped nuclear bombs on its own ships loaded with rats and other animals to see the effect of nuclear weapons on naval vessels.

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. -- As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an ...

The largest and most powerful single-engine fighter of WWII wasn’t always a sure bet ... Houthi attacks exposed US Navy issues over ammo supplies, says admiral Democrats get another bad signal ...

Stuart Pagel, 98, enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17. Eight decades after the end of WWII, he will ride in a gold Mustang in ...

As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the ...

The world’s last airworthy Douglas R4D, the US Navy version of the Douglas DC ... that the R4D used on anti-submarine patrols in WW2. It also contains a first aid station equipped with stretchers, a ...

For Memorial Day 2025, the Ripon Historical Society looks back more than 80 years to World War II and honors the first and ...

As we celebrate Memorial Day, our staff from NEW Radio wants to salute its heroes — past, present, and always remembered.

A diver discovered the coveted ship’s bell from a WWII Canadian naval vessel after it was missing on the shipwreck for 80 ...