CHICAGO (WLS) -- World War II veteran Don Carter was there 70 years ago when the German U-boat on display at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry was captured. In 1944, German submarines, called ...

The U-505 submarine served 12 patrols and sank eight enemy boats before the US Navy captured it. The U-boat is now on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can walk ...

He's a little unsteady on his feet so he uses a walker or a cane to get around his Tempe home. That's how it is these days with men like Bob Lofgren, men who went to war and saved the world and then ...

Alexander Rose’s "Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring Heist" is a thrilling, deeply researched account of one of the most audacious naval operations of ...

Despite all the books, movies and even dolls dedicated to the topic, it can be hard to understand what World War II was really like. And with fewer members of the Greatest Generation around to tell us ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the country remembers D-Day 70 years later, the Museum of Science and Industry is commemorating a major milestone made that same week by Allied forces in WWII. The U.S. Navy ...

Only U-boat captured in action during World War II and the first enemy warship boarded and captured by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. The captured Enigma encryption machine and accompanying ...

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When two of the Guadalcanal's F4F Wildcat aircraft spotted a U-505 off the coast of Cape Verde, Gallery knew he had his chance. Not only did he have boarding parties ready, he had a film crew standing ...

In this epic but sprightly history, journalist and critic Pinkham (Black Square) explores the central role forests have played in the Russian cultural imagination. Noting that Continue reading » True ...