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‘I just did my job. I was part of a team,’ says World War II sailor on 101st birthday

World War II veteran John "Jack" Cowell celebrated his 101st birthday on Tuesday by saluting his comrades in arms. Literally.
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The U.S. Destroyer Crew That Fought a German U-Boat in Hand-to-Hand Combat

(Navy History) The destroyer escort smashed into the U-boat ... To this day, Buckley holds the distinction of being the only U.S. Navy ship in World War II, and since, to ram an enemy vessel and ...
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The Insanely Fast WW2 Destroyer that Took Everyone By Surprise

On July 6, 1971, HMS Cavalier and HMS Rapid, two veterans of the Royal Navy, met off Scotland's Firth of Forth for a historic ...
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How Pigeons Helped U.S. Navy Blimps Hunt German U-Boats in World War II

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...