During World War II, women stepped beyond traditional roles, joining the Women's Auxiliary Corps and other programs to support the war effort. They trained in military basics, performed crucial ...

When World War II ended, the Gato was essentially obsolete. With a test depth of just 300 feet, the Gato was already behind ...

Impact Link The USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine exhibited at the Wisconsin ... to offer visitors an authentic look into its World War II combat service. The USS Cobia sank 16,835 tons of shipping ...

At the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, you can descend a steep staircase into the USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine that sank 13 ships and earned four battle stars in World War II.

The story of Germany's Great Battleships during the Second World War. With graphic recollections from veterans of the 'Kriegsmarine', this film depicts the rise during Hitler's Naval Expansion ...

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is home to the USS "Cobia," a 312-foot-long vessel that completed six war patrols during World ...

A year ago, Harry L. Chandler was in Hawaii, a place where 82 years earlier he’d seen the ravages of war unfolding before his eyes. This time he was hailed by the 21st century U.S. Navy as a ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk, an American warship that played a key role in World War II has been discovered at the ...

Robert Van Heck's family receieved an ominous letter from the Marine just minutes before learning he was killed, according to a news article.

During the Cold War, battleships were thought to have become obsolete due to the new king of the seas: the aircraft carrier.

Because nearly all Americans back home could claim a personal connection to the 16.4 million people who served in the U.S. military during World War II ... as the United States prepared to ...

The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all ...