World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ...

USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. W hen it comes to legendary ...

The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

On April 11, 1945, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was piloting a Zero fighter carrying a 500-kilogram ...

MISSOURI, USA — A three-foot-long fish that can live on land can wreak havoc on Missouri's native fish population, which is why the Missouri Department of Conservation urges any anglers who ...

In a solemn ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial ... the kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and the unexpected act of compassion that followed?the burial at sea of the fallen Japanese ...

U.S. MARINES PERFORM a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri ... but none of the battleship's crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri's captain ordered ...

Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and ...