Rear Admiral H. Spencer Matthews was the first U.S. Navy former enlisted pilot to make flag rank—one of only two to have done so.

Heading a naval recon unit that helped liberate Cherbourg, a Coast Guard commander became crucial to the Normandy invasion.

Chance Vought's piston-engined XF5U-1—called the “flying pancake”—was an abject failure.

Paul Allen’s research team has discovered the wreckage of the USS Wasp (CV-7) and USS Hornet (CV-8), a new plaque honors the U.S. Naval Academy at the National D-Day Memorial, ...

Fewer than 30 vessels that served in the Normandy invasion are still afloat. The U.S. Army large tug LT-5 is the last functional U.S. Army vessel that participated.

In this issue, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we seek out new perspectives on familiar, but highly significant, subjects.