The only ship on record to sink a Japanese submarine using potatoes.
USS O’Bannon (DD/DDE-450), a Fletcher-class destroyer was the U.S. Navy’s most decorated destroyer during World War II, earning 17 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. She also has the distinction of being the only ship on record to sink a...
The First to Fall
Seventy-five years ago, Ensign William L. Halloran was the first Knight of Columbus killed in World War II by J.C. Sullivan “The telegram arrived at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, 1941 by a Western Union kid in an olive drab uniform riding a bike in the...
5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)
Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in...