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Summary: The USS Franklin (CV-13), part of the prolific Essex-class aircraft carriers, played a pivotal role in World War II’s Pacific Theater with one mission: create havoc for Japan.

What You Need to Know: The top five WWII aircraft carriers—chosen for ... ship to sink a full-sized Japanese warship in the ...

Military honors for WWII veteran, Gilbert Nadeau, 98, were on Monday. The WWII Navy veteran survived kamikaze attacks in the Pacific.

Services were held Monday for Gilbert "Gil" Nadeau, who survived kamikaze attacks while serving aboard a Navy landing craft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Nadeau died Oct. 19 ...