In author Stephen C. Stripe's new historic book "Pacific LST 791: A Gallant Ship and Her Hardworking Coast Guard Crew at the Invasion of Okinawa" (published by iUniverse), readers are transported back ...

BIT. YEAH, THEY’RE AMAZING. I MEAN, WE CALL THEM THE GREATEST GENERATION. MICHAEL KRAUSS IS THE CURATOR AND HISTORIAN AT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL AND MUSEUM. HE SAYS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ...

World War II was high adventure for Henry Klein. He was a 17-year-old sailor who had learned how to cook at Luby's Cafeteria in downtown Lubbock, and he was tall. He remembers that he was, in fact, ...

The United States Navy has chosen the LST 100 design from Damen Shipyards as the basis for its new Landing Ship Medium (LSM) program. The decision was made by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), ...