When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...
Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...
In May, Marines aboard the World War II-era landing ship tank BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57 ... resupply mission that resulted in a Philippine Navy Seal losing his thumb and numerous personnel ...
Photo: EPA-EFE “The vessel, described as the world’s largest amphibious assault ship by the [US think tank ... landing and arresting systems are still subpar compared with those on aircraft carriers, ...
Lt. j.g. John Koelsch's most notable sortie ultimately cost him his life, but through his actions, the pilot he risked his ...
According to the Royal Navy, below deck ... Landing ships, such as the Landing Craft Utility MK10, are hosted inside the Albion class and used ferry tanks, APCs, vehicles, and troops to shore.
After enrolling at Princeton University in September 1941, Koelsch enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve on Sept ... the former landing ship tank LST-488 converted to a helicopter support ship.
“In operation, the barge would act as a pier to allow the unloading of trucks and tanks from cargo ships,” Sutton explains. “This allows China to pick new landing sites and complicate ...
“In operation, the barge would act as a pier to allow the unloading of trucks and tanks from cargo ships,” Sutton explains. Taiwan's remote Shihyu islet, as seen from behind the the anti ...
That’s when a lucky shot from a Chinese Communist soldier hit his oil tank. Now ... going to make a carrier landing on a mountainside. Brown must have heard the navy-blue Corsair come screeching ...