Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

But the line is a fitting encapsulation of music historian Jon Savage’s argument in The Secret Public, a history of ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

The United States is a diverse country where every state has its own culture, history, and quirks — and some of those quirks ...

President Donald Trump has upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine, saying that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war following ...

After changing Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, defense chief says more name changes will be coming. Will Fort Eisenhower be one of them?

The museum’s largest collection is of post–World War II art and features some of the ... where it had been centered for centuries, to New York City. This new American–centric vision of ...

NORCROSS, Ga. — A bill in the Georgia Legislature aims to curb funding for cities that derive significant revenue from traffic citations. A recent study found dozens of such cities across the state.