Providence native Jarek Marte’s life-changing enlistment led him to serve aboard USS Iwo Jima as a Navy weapons specialist.

Rhode Islander serving on the flagship of the Amphibious Ready Group The Norfolk-based USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is named for the historic World War II battle in the Pacific. It was built at Ingalls ...

Justice Chambers and the troops he led in 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines. One of 27 Marines awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, Justice left a ...

During World War II, the federal government directly or ... which developed innovations in lightweight engines for tanks, landing craft and marine vehicles. Later in the 20th century, America ...

The company was born in the aftermath of WWII, founded on an invention developed ... overheating problem that was plaguing U.S. Navy landing craft. Family owned and operated from day one, today ...

Vancouver was a shipbuilding hub during World War II, with a Kaiser Shipyard ... Vigor builds landing crafts for the U.S. Army, while JT Marine Inc., builds smaller craft, such as tugboats and ...

Pohl had been studying the November 1943 Allied assault on the Pacific island of Tarawa, in which U.S. Marine landing craft were ... is no one," says Olson. World War II war correspondent Robert ...

A shift in weather patterns—possibly related to global warming—delayed the seasonal upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water that supports the base of the marine ... World War II landing craft ...

The Navy wants a Louisiana shipyard to build the first hull for the Landing Ship Medium program as part of a plan to find an ...