Why This Navy Destroyer Flies This World War II-Era Battle Flag The guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on March 23, 2012, for a deployment to the ...

WWII submarine skipper sacrificed with final order. Jon Guttman. Thu, September 5, ... Battle flag of USS Growler depicts enemy ships she sunk as well as her 11 war patrols, ...

In late summer 1944, a 19-year-old Japanese soldier, Fujio Kawasaki, mortally wounded, his uniform on fire, holds up a battle flag. He does not want it to hit the ground. As he falls dead, the ...

For more than six decades, a Japanese battle flag inscribed with messages of good luck stayed tucked away as a memento of Robert Walsh’s World War II service. A former Army combat medic ...

The battle for Mount Suribachi was one of the most grueling fights of WWII. This video captures the courage, strategy, and sacrifice it took to raise the flag on Iwo Jima.

As white, southern troops raised the battle flag, they showed that they were fighting for change abroad—but the status quo at home. ... Why the Confederate Flag Flew During World War II.

Flags Of Our Fathers is Clint Eastwood's look at the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, which was symbolized around the country by the photo of six ...

The Albacore II sub was commissioned on June 1, 1942. Over the course of its career in the Pacific, the boat earned nine battle stars, among other decorations.

A Japanese battle flag captured by U.S. forces during World War II that was donated to a Goodwill store in Davenport is headed for a museum.