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Navy Medal of Honor Recipient from Pearl Harbor Is Honored with Arlington Funeral Seaman 1st Class James Ward, who enlisted in the Navy just about a year prior to Pearl Harbor, became one of five Oklahoma...
Larry Doby, World War II Navy Veteran Who Helped Integrate Baseball, Awarded Congressional Gold Medal At the ceremony in the U.S. Capitol on for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, House Speaker Mike Johnson said...
In War and Baseball, Navy Seaman and Gold Medal Honoree Larry Doby Defeated Hate The Congressional Gold Medal has been approved for baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby.
That Time a Navy Destroyer Landed Atop a German Sub in WWII The USS Borie landed on the German submarine U-405's foredeck during World War II, locking the ships together for an...
Legendary TV Producer and World War II Veteran Norman Lear Dies at 101 Lear would fly 52 missions over Nazi-occupied territory before the war's end, at a time when surviving to fly 25 missions was...
Navy Sailor Recalls What Storming Omaha Beach on D-Day Was Like A year after joining the Navy the day after graduating high school, Robert Curl of Alabama found himself on Omaha Beach...
The Civilian Who Fought Back Against Japanese Fighters at Pearl Harbor with a Crane It's believed Walters' crane helped sailors from the Pennsylvania shoot down at least eight to 10 attacking fighters.
'The Metal Detector' Reunites Descendants of a B-17 Crew Shot Down in World War II "The Metal Detector" began airing on PBS and on PBS.org starting on Nov. 11, 2023.
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...
!["When baseball went to war" displays Larry Doby exhibit](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-12/mil-larry-doby-display-1800.jpg?itok=OsG-7NGu "One of the displays in the "When baseball went to war" exhibit features Larry Doby, who broke the color barrier for the American League as a Cleveland Indian, and also played baseball as an enlisted Sailor at Great Lakes during World War II. (U.S. Navy photo by John Sheppard/Released)")
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-11/1time%20the%20metal%20detector%201200.jpg?itok=LmPwsHRw "Austrian Georg Reutter brings together descendants of a captured B-17 crew from World War II in the PBS documentary "The Metal Detector." (PBS/Emily Topper)")
