Earl Russell Fox was the last World War II veteran still on active duty and ... He commanded patrol torpedo (PT) boats for much of the war, including PT-22s at Midway and in Alaska's Aleutian ...

Don was a member of the Masonic Lodge 78 in Brighton, CO. He was also an active member of the WWII PT Boats, Bases and Tenders and remained the Colorado contact for that organization. He was a ...

The National WWII Museum John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion, a building in New Orleans with a lot of history inside, has ...

Authentic WWII equipment was used in filming, including PT and Higgins boats. "The music was wonderful and the good guys put up a great fight at the beginning of WWII, but left the audience ...

It was the first time he landed troops on an enemy-held island in World War II. Unscathed, he went on to make five more ...

Arthur Murray Preston ’31, a US Navy Lieutenant, who served as a World War II Torpedo Boat Commander (PT Boat). Richard H.

Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II, from the shores of Europe to the Pacific ...

After he finished his weekly musical gig with his pal Don Armbruster at Mary & Clyde’s Revisited Deli, Bail & Tackle — a Main ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

These split-second decisions changed history, too. A coconut saves JFK’s life August 2, 1943, began as a cloudy, moonless ...

Veteran Day 2024 is November 11. See photos of famous celebrities who served in the U.S. military over the years.