Pearl Harbor Battleship Honored on Dec. 7
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Sixty-three years after the sneak attack that plunged the United States into World War II, hundreds of men who died aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma are finally getting their own special tribute.
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The historic aircraft carrier USS Intrepid is fresh from a body scrub and makeover, including a stem-to-stern painting with 7,000 gallons of traditional naval haze-gray &#151; enough to cover about 400 large houses.
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For more than 60 years, Anthony Czarnecki Sr. lived with the fact that his brother, Stanley, perished without him on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
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Historians and survivors of Japan's   surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 are   using the latest online technology to preserve their memories   of the day that drew the United States into World War II.
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A Japanese navy destroyer shot down a ballistic missile on Monday in a test about 100 miles over the Pacific Monday, a first for a U.S. ally, U.S. and Japanese forces said.
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By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec.
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WARSAW, Poland  - Poland's prime minister marked the 65th anniversary of the start of the Second World War on Wednesday, unveiling a new memorial on the spot where a German warship fired the opening shots at a Polish munitions depot, sparking nearly six years of bloody conflict.
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By Shelli Derobertis, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Dec.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va.  -- Spraying the bubbles from sparkling wine across the enormous gray bow of the USS George H.W. Bush, the Bush family on Saturday christened the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 82-year-old former president.
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With healthy profits and a bankruptcy reorganization nearing completion, Hawaiian Airlines marked its 75th anniversary Thursday with a festive ceremony at its Honolulu airport ticketing lobby.
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A Japanese navy destroyer shot down a ballistic missile in space on Monday in a test over the Pacific, a first for a U.S. ally, a witness said.
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In town to be honored by the National Sailing Hall of Fame, legendary newsman Walter Cronkite described his long love of sailing and his great appreciation of the Chesapeake Bay.
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PENTAGON Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is offering thanks to American men and women in uniform in his annual Christmas message.
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President Bush called 10 members of the US military around the world and in the United States on Friday to thank them for their service and share holiday greetings.
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The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association has decided this yearÂs anniversary gathering will be its last in Hawaii.
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Former President George H.W. Bush got his World War II service revolver back Wednesday, 60 years after giving it to a Navy lieutenant aboard the submarine that rescued him when his plane was shot down over the Pacific Ocean.
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WASHINGTON: George W. Bush yesterday bestowed the highest US civilian honour on three officials who were central to the war in Iraq, sidestepping their ties to controversies over the conflict and its aftermath.