A type of ship that's credited with helping win World War II traveled the Ohio River recently. It is the last fully preserved World War II landing ship tank still in operation. Tim Jagielo with member ...

The USS LST-325, a World War II landing ship, tank (LST) turned floating museum, will be docked at the port of Alton from Sept. 18 to 22, offering daily tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A New York to ...

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – ...

The land battle phase of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 was launched on July 13, 2017, with the largest amphibious landing ...

ALTON — The last operating World War II LST, or Landing Ship Tank, will remain docked on the Alton riverfront until Monday, giving people a chance for an up-close view of history. LST 325 (the U.S.

KEARNEY - As Jim Ganz Sr.'s crew on the Landing Ship Tank 568 prepared to invade Honshu, the largest island of Japan, he thought, "We're dead men." It was August 1945 and World War II had been raging ...

It's the lesser-known D-Day, one launched two months after the Normandy landings on the other side of France, with French forces this time playing a premier role. On August 15, 1944, thousands of ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

In honor of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Muscatine is planning a ceremony with a floating piece of history that will dock on the riverfront ...

NOTE: This story originally aired on WBAY-TV2 in 1992 and was done by reporter Jerry Burke. As the story was done before digital news media, the script for this story may be incomplete. Please watch ...

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D ...