Good thing Jack “The Mast” Bowman doesn’t bear grudges. “Well, I was pretty annoyed about it back then, to be honest,” the ...

Eighty-three years ago Saturday, 106 crewmen aboard the USS West Virginia lost their lives after the battleship was struck by at least seven torpedoes and two bombs from Japanese aircraft and sank to ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A sailor killed serving on board the USS West Virginia during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor will be laid to rest on the same day a tribute will take place at the ship’s mast.

Spent shells from an honor guard’s 21-gun volley could be heard clinking off the concrete of West Virginia University’s ...

The December 7th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor always reminds me of Jim Downing. He was among the sailors who acted heroically 83 years ago Saturday during and after the attack on ...

Spent shells from an honor guard’s 21-gun volley could be heard clinking off the concrete of West Virginia University’s ...

A historic naval deck gun is being restored by American Star Painting in Parkersburg City Park this week. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A piece of local military history is receiving new life as the ...