Captain Richard J. Bong nicknamed his Lighting P-38 fighter plane Marg after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl. The World War II flying ace is shown with his plan at a New Guinea Air Base on March 31, ...
A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific. Bong, who grew up in Poplar, is ...
The wreckage of Major Richard Bong's P-38J fighter plane, "Marge," has been discovered in Papua New Guinea by Pacific Wrecks, a WWII aircraft recovery group. The discovery was made after extensive ...
STORY: The remains, which have yet to be identified, belong to crew members of a B-24 bomber nicknamed "Heaven Can Wait." It was shot down in 1944 with 11 crew members on board. The wreckage was only ...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Reuters) - Malaysia's maritime authorities on Monday said cannon shells believed to be from World War Two have been found on a China-registered bulk carrier ship detained at the ...
In the tense closing months of 1942, fears among U.S. commanders about Japanese naval power were realized on September 15 with a devastating attack. The Japanese submarine I-19, led by Commander ...