Navy pilot to receive Medal of Honor nearly 75 years after shooting down 4 MiGs

For decades after the dogfight, the U.S. government kept secret the fact that Royce Williams had fought against Soviet ...
Navy Times on MSN

Korean War vet to get Medal of Honor for longest dogfight in US military history

At the age of 100, naval aviator Capt. Royce Williams is set to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the ...
Military Times

How WWII brought about the normalization of tattoos

A photograph from a series of images showing the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh, who served in the Navy in the 1920s. (USS Arizona Memorial Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command) During his third ...
insider.si.edu

Naval history and maritime strategy : collected essays / John B. Hattendorf

History and technological change : the study of history in the U.S. Navy 1873-1890 --- Luce's idea of the Naval War College --- Technology and strategy : professional thought in the U.S. Navy, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

From western outpost to Navy Town, USA, San Diego’s history is tightly woven with the military’s

In a contraption of his own making, Glenn Curtiss took to the skies in 1911, boldly becoming the first American to fly a seaplane in a quick trip from Coronado’s North Island to San Diego Bay. The ...