Family gathered as Navy Signalman 3rd Class William Shanahan Jr. was returned to Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 30, nearly 80 years after he was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Nearly 78 years after he was killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, William Shanahan Jr.'s remains finally were laid to rest Tuesday in his hometown. His funeral was held at the ...

WWI Navy Veteran Paul Arnone has been selected by the United Veterans Council of Jamestown to be this year’s Grand Marshal. Arnone was born in Oneida, Pa., but moved to Jamestown in infancy. He ...

Wayne W. Wall, a World War II Navy Signalman and standard bearer for the qualities we have come to admire most in the Greatest Generation; integrity, commitment, humility, and personal responsibility; ...

John R. Dent Chief Signalman USN Retired Norfolk – John was born in Little Spring Fork, WV February 28, 1933. He enlisted in the US Navy in March 1952 and quickly rose to the rating of Chief on May 16 ...

Please join us in saluting Navy Signalman Frank DeLollo of Latham. He lied about his age to join the Navy at 17, and served during World War II. He passed away in 2012 at age 84. Thank you for your ...

Navy Signalman 3rd Class William J. Shanahan, Jr., 23, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was killed during World War II. The The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on May 31 that scientists had ...

MERRILLVILLE — Kelly Kellenberger, U.S. Navy signalman 2nd class, was walking to downtown Rensselaer from his home on Dec. 7, 1941, when he heard the news. It was that day 79 years ago when the United ...

Will Pilgrim isn’t sure how he ended up in the Navy when even as a child he had a fascination with airplanes. Still, he served in two wars not in the open blue sky but in the deep blue ocean. Will ...

Even from a distance, James McPherson knew he was part of something monumental on June, 6, 1944. “They wouldn’t tell us where we were going until the last minute,” the longtime Bradley Beach resident ...