>Was your tour of duty entirely in the Pacific. It was, and on that one island, but there were more than 350,000 men in the Seabees during World War II, building and fighting off the enemy on six ...

Dominic Bersani, a World War II Navy veteran, celebrated his 99th birthday recently by getting his high school diploma and several awards for military service.

Dominic Bersani received the diploma through a state program that gives certificates to veterans who left school to serve ...

It was December 1944. As World War II slogged on in the Pacific, Seaman apprentice Odell Grose found himself on a transport ship that had recently arrived in the Philippines. After weeks at sea, his ...

Robert W. Van Allen, 92, of Elmhurst, found peace at home March 2, 2007. Veteran of WWII, U.S. Navy Seabees, Pacific Theater. Beloved husband of the late Lorraine, nee Bosler; loving father of Lillian ...