On March 19, 1945, the USS Franklin was devastated by a brutal Japanese airstrike just off the coast of Japan, leaving her heavily damaged and burning. With much of her crew killed or forced ...

A new book about World War II, “The Sailing of the Intrepid: The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navy’s Iconic Aircraft Carrier,” also recognizes enlisted personnel who defied the odds ...

More He said the Intrepid was repaired and redeployed and suffered additional attacks from the Japanese in the Pacific Theater. The aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1974 and set to be ...