DE RYCKERE, ARCHIE GEORGE LCDR Archie George De Ryckere was born in Laurel, MT. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1940, fought and survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and survived Typhoon Cobra in 1944.

Frenchy Spradling was just 24 when he died at sea during World War II. His story, preserved through family letters and memories, is one of several honored each Memorial Day in Chaffee, Missouri. He ...

Born September 30, 1920 in Huntsville, Kentucky. Passed away on August 26th, 2009. John Ray served in the United States Navy from 1938 thru 1944. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor on the USS Hull DD 350.

Today, satellites and computer models are among the tools forecasters use to warn us of hurricanes well ahead of time. But near the end of World War II, those meteorological linchpins weren't ...