The rural California town of Weed hits hard times, California's wine industry is being crushed and more big stories ...

Thomas McGuire Jr. was chasing Dick Bong's record when his life was cut short several months before war's end.

From heroic service in World War II to operations in the Middle East, these vessels fought across the world and are now anchored as permanent museums.

The 'big blue' crane, built in Manitowoc, is nearing its destination at a US naval base in Washington state after a ...

During World War II in 1943, small American PT boats challenged Japan’s deadly control of night warfare in the Pacific. Crewed by volunteer sailors and built of wood, these fragile vessels attacked ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Achieving a 100-year milestone is a remarkable accomplishment that places an individual in an elite group of “centenarians.” The milestone presents an opportunity to honor a ...

Why PT boat crews stripped guns from crashed P-39 Airacobras during WW2 — and destroyed over 800 Japanese vessels. This World War 2 story reveals how a desperate field modification became ...

A message in a bottle thrown from a New Jersey fishing boat in 1971 was found 54 years later in the Bahamas. The note was discovered by Clint Buffington, a Utah man who has found nearly 150 messages ...

In World War II, a Japanese attack sank the PT boat commanded by a young John F. Kennedy. We recount the harrowing aftermath, Kennedy’s leadership in rescuing his crew, and how this episode became a ...

LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Calif. – The Tahoe Star, a commanding 54-foot yacht, has recently launched exclusive tours to the historic Thunderbird Lodge located on Lake Tahoe’s east shore. It’s the only tour ...

DILLSBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Their official designation was Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel, or LCVP. Usually, they were just called Landing Craft. Sometimes they were called Higgins boats after their ...

US Marines with Amphibious Raids, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, and Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transport to shore during helocast training at Kin Blue ...