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World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

Three Oklahoma State University students are raising funds to travel to the United States Embassy in Manila, Philippines, this spring to install a local exhibit telling the story of Payne County ...

The site will be a new 11,800-square-foot-last-mile facility, enhancing delivery speeds for customers throughout Nodaway ...

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ...

The Marine Reconnaissance Foundation will proudly host its 7th Annual Gold Star Family Retreat on the island of Oʻahu, a heartfelt tradition dedicated to honoring the ...

USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. W hen it comes to legendary ...

Highlighting Honolulu and Auckland’s unique geography as “the northern and southern points of the so-called Polynesian ...

This project started 25 years ago, but this is the first time the American Red Cross of South Central and Southeast Kansas has offered to help record these veterans’ stories. They had 14 slots Tuesday ...

The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

On April 11, 1945, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was piloting a Zero fighter carrying a 500-kilogram ...