The crew of Ward have been credited with firing the first two shots in the Pacific theater of World War II -- their first shot from the destroyer's No. 1 gun that Sunday morning missed the Japanese ...
Dec. 31 (UPI) --After 66 years of outdoor display on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, a 50-caliber gun that arguably fired the second American shot of World War II at Pearl Harbor is on ...
The initiative, which began on 13 November, has seen 143 guns given in to police across London. The WW2 weapons, which had been deactivated, are among five automatic guns to have been handed in.
Billy (left) and Neil Hopkins (right) with their gun cache A father and son have found 30 World War Two gun parts while fishing with magnets in a river near their home. The badly-rusted items were ...
Navy correspondence to his parents indicates Charles went into the water to try ... s dresser for the remainder of her life will be on display in the When Lockport Went to War section of the “Secret ...
The Ward and its crew hold an honor that no other ship can match, coming at the dawn of World War II. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, which still owns the gun artifact ...