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On August 2, 1943, in the silent darkness of the Blackett Strait, the American patrol boat PT-109 floated quietly, engines ...
Joseph R. Desch was born and raised in the Edgemont neighborhood and crossed the old Stewart Street Bridge daily on his way to classes at the University of Dayton.
On August 3rd, 1942, the USS Tucker, a Mahan-class destroyer, approached Espiritu Santo while escorting a vital cargo ship to ...
As the last surviving destroyer built in Massachusetts and the last U.S. Navy-style Gearing-class destroyer left in the world ...