Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from ...

Researchers exploring the underwater wreck of an American aircraft carrier have discovered what's left of a wood-panelled ...

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in ...

Discoveries made on expedition of sunken Yorktown CV-5 are chance for new stories to be told aboard Yorktown CV-10 museum ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Phil Hartmeyer, is a marine archaeologist at NOAA's Ocean Exploration program, about a mural discovered in the shipwreck of the USS Yorktown, which sunk during WWII.

His country had fallen. The enemy was approaching. South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 through 6, were in danger as ...

At the center of it all was the USS Midway. Retired Commander Vernon Jumper, a 93-year-old San Diego resident, was the "air ...

The war in Vietnam ended with the fall of Sàigòn 50 years ago, changing the course of many lives — from those who served, to ...

During the NOAA team’s ongoing Beyond the Blue: Illuminating the Pacific expedition aboard the Okeanos Explorer, researchers ...

Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle ...

Paintings, vehicles, and even a potentially never-before-seen jellyfish were found among USS Yorktown’s wreckage ...

NOAA Ocean Exploration sent cameras inside the wreck over the Easter holiday weekend and three planes were located in the ...