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Harbor security drills using blank rounds draw protesters to Navy base in Japan
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoU.S. Navy harbor security boats raced through waters near the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet and fired...
U.S. Coast Guard seizes over $63 million worth of cocaine, some from shootout at sea that sank...
NBC NEWS· 1 day agoMore than 4,800 pounds of the drug were offloaded at Port Everglades...partners," the Coast Guard...
D-Day anniversary haunted by dwindling number of veterans and shadowed by Europe’s new war
WJTV Jackson· 2 days agoOMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to...
‘Incredibly emotional’: Navy veteran, 100, recalls D-Day on USS Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 2 days agoAfter the Allied invasion, which included American, British and Canadian armies...World War II. At...
The first American on the beach at D-Day served through the Vietnam War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDespite being seasick from the shallow water journey, the soldiers of Company F disembarked their...
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious...
Daywatch: The effort to block carbon dioxide pipelines in Illinois
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoWith the prospect of vast networks of carbon dioxide pipelines looming in Illinois and other...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn the first wave to hit the beach, troops were met by withering German gunfire. But they kept...
'The Saints were with us': B.C. veteran recalls D-Day experience
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"The whole world was thumping and bumping," he remembers during an interview with CBC's Daybreak...
Portsmouth chosen to mark D-Day because of its key role in preparing invasion
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days ago...Base itself at HMS Excellent, on Whale Island, was particularly involved in preparing the naval ...