The ship came under attack from the Allied forces, which crippled its rudder. The Imperial Japanese Navy then scuttled the Hiei and it was left to sink. The leisure boat operator repaired the ...

The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship ... and firepower, the Japanese destroyed the ship in 1941. The Missouri served in ...

But on August 21, a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was ... The three ships then completed the voyage to Shanghai. For their efforts, Swentzel was awarded the Navy Cross and ...

It was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, lasting for 36 days. At that time, about 70,000 U.S. Marines fought ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.