A vital component in the success of the D-Day landings were the landing craft which carried the tanks and heavy guns across the Channel to back up the thousands of soldiers as they descended on the ...

The amphibious operations in Korea depended heavily on the highly specialized landing craft, which the U.S. developed during World War II. Among those used at Inchon: LSD (Landing Ship—Dock) carries ...

Navy Ensign Joseph Alexander anticipated an farily uneventful mission on June 6, 1944, dropping off jeeps, a Sherman tank and several soldiers on Omaha Beach. The 21-year-old Alexander had been ...

Dave Maurer's column about the World War II Landing Ship Tank ("McIntyre had plans for the Navy," The Daily Progress, June 3) illustrates very well the U.S. ability to improvise and produce in ...

The Navy last week admitted that it had a brand-new type of ship which has been added to fill out its invasion repertory. The LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) is expected to fill the last gap in the range ...

The tanks never had a chance. There are three of them, M-7 Priests, lying close together on the floor of the English Channel, just off the coast of Normandy. They came to rest there 70 years ago, ...