The Navy destroyer was sunk in 1942 during World War II, after facing down overwhelming odds and fighting a pitched battle.

Japan faced insurmountable odds in WWII against the U.S. due to America's industrial and military supremacy. However, Japan ...

Japan has launched the first-ever project to take the remains of soldiers back home, some eight decades after the war. The soldiers had been taken there as prisoners by British forces during World War ...

James Holmes holds the J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and served on the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs.

The USS Edsall, a 314-foot destroyer sunk by Japanese forces in 1942, was known as "the dancing mouse" for its ability to ...

A Purple Heart medal has been returned to the daughter of a Marine who served in World War II. The medal was given back to ...

Archive Dive is a monthly podcast hosted by reporter Maria Lockwood. Episodes dip into the archives of historic events, ...

The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall—and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...

A Sebastopol writer speculates on what the famous TV chef might have been doing as an agent with the OSS during World War II ...

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said.