Raymond M. Krepps, Jr. was still a pre-teen when he moved to Lewistown, from Brooklyn, New York with his parents and younger ...

The struggle to recapture the Italian peninsula from Axis forces has sometimes been overshadowed by other World War II ...

Marolda survived incessant bombing during the months-long fight for the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942. He also ...

The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of ...

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 27° on this humid day. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant PM2.5 2.1 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to ...

In the opening days of August 1942, a B-17 was flown over Guadalcanal and saw that the Japanese had nearly completed an ...

The USS John Basilone was commissioned during a ceremony held on Nov. 9 and led by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, a ...

He served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. He is known for his courageous exploits and acts of bravery during ...

NEW YORK – On Saturday morning, nestled between the USS Intrepid, New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, and the cruise terminal, the ...

The Navy on Saturday commissioned the USS John Basilone, its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, named in ...

The veterans present spanned the decades, including World War II veteran Ted Marolda, who as a 17-year-old was in the first ...