Photojournalist Mark Kachelmeier takes you on a tour of the infamous WWII aircraft Carrier the USS Lexington. Shot on location in Corpus Christi, TX. Photographed, edited, written and produced by Mark Kachelmeier copyright 2012.
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Legendary: How Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers Won the Pacific War
the USS Lexington, remained active as a training ship until 1991. Four of the World War II fleet carriers still serve as museum ships in New York, South Carolina, Texas and California. The decades ...
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Pearl Harbor memorials and more places to honor veterans
Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial ... for service in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut, and the Persian Gulf. Related: 19 Awe-Inspiring U.S. Military Vehicles USS Arizona Memorial ...
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Virginia Military Institute removing Confederate statue
FILE – This July 15, 2020 file photo shows the barracks at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington ... the entry of the United States into World War II. Sadly, each year there are fewer ...
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10 Awe-Inspiring Military Monuments to Visit on the 79th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
The longest-serving Navy aircraft carrier of the 20th century, the USS Midway now operates as a museum. The exhibits ... 70 years in service through World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold ...
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How Should We Memorialize Those Lost in the War on Terror?
With a guide, I ascend into that same bell tower, which creaks in the wind and boasts commanding views of Lexington ... where the World War II-era USS Alabama rests at anchor.
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James L. Shinn
to Clyde E. and Alma Ester Harter Shinn. He married Carolyn Charlton. He served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years including World War II aboard the USS Lexington as plane captain for the first Naval ...
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Local vets remember Pearl Harbor
Socha, 96, was at Pearl Harbor, aboard the USS Oklahoma ... about a dozen World War II veterans honored at the Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Park and Leroy M. Collins Museum.
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Restoration: USS Intrepid
Then Navy-regulation paint colors will be applied, the carpeting will be stripped, and the deck will receive a fresh coat of gray in preparation for a new exhibit about World War II, the carrier, and ...
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A Night in Battleship Cove
In four years of World War II service, the 680-foot-long U.S.S. Massachusetts ... a nonprofit maritime heritage museum in Fall River, Mass., about an hour south of Boston. The Massachusetts's hatches ...
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Best Museum Ship (2016)
These museum ships, many of them in the United States, honor the men and women who served in the navy, educate the public about America's storied naval heritage and inspire the next generation to ...
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South Texas and the Coast
Retrofitted as a floating museum after 48 years of service, this World War II–era aircraft carrier is the most highly decorated in its class. Watch history take flight in a 3-D IMAX theater ...