In the early days of World War II, the crew of U47 sets out on a daring mission to infiltrate Scapa Flow, the heavily ...

The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5A was both hunter and savior - a flying boat that stalked German U-boats and rescued downed ...

Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new destroyer escort ... but built to protect Allied convoys from the ever-present menace of German U-boats. Named after Aviation Ordnanceman John D.

Reynolds Tomter of Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin, was 108 years old. WCCO first met Tomter a year ago. He was 107 years old then, ...

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Reynolds L. Tomter, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II U.S. Merchant Marine veteran, died Sunday at the Pigeon Falls Health Care Center ...

The Steamboat Era Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Irvington, recently announced the forthcoming release of Steamboats vs. U-Boats: The Story of Convoy Maniac, by maritime historian Jack Shaum. This ...

Great war movies not only depict the horrors of the battlefield, but also the psychological trauma of those who participate. Of course, the films aren’t all violence and brutality: Ernst Lubitsch used ...