The 1944 Normandy invasion was the largest amphibious operation in history. Less than a year later, American forces hit the beach at Okinawa — the largest landing in the Pacific. Fred Bridges saw them ...

Eating lunch together Saturday at The Wyngate Senior Living Community in Parkersburg are, from left, Earl Lindamood, Fred Fitzer, Roger Lewis and Bill Butcher. (Photo by Paul LaPann) PARKERSBURG — The ...

In June, 1945, one of the last battles of World War II was finally coming to an end, the Battle of Okinawa. On October 3, 1944, American forces received a directive to seize key positions in the ...

EASTON -- John “Jack” Hurley joined the Navy in 1944 because he loved playing in the water as a boy in Dorchester. Yet when asked Friday what he remembered most about his service, he answered Okinawa, ...

Carl Sherman Pickrel was born in Newark on June 30, 1922. On June 14, 1941, he married Betty Jean Shaw in Zanesville, Ohio. In May of 1942, the family welcomed a son into their home that they named ...

World War II would last nearly another two-and-a-half years before 18-year-old Howard Moe was inducted unto the U.S. Army on April 14, 1943. And before he was old enough to order a beer, he would be ...

The 6th Marine Division wade ashore to support the beachhead on Okinawa, Japan, April 1, 1945. (Public domain) “The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II,” by Buzz Bissinger (Harper) ...

OKINAWA, Japan - The USS Grayback, a United States submarine that was sunk in 1944 in an enemy attack during World War II, was lost to the ocean floor for 75 years until its recent discovery off the ...