GETTYSBURG, Pa.- WWII veterans and survivors of the USS Franklin attack in March of 1945 are together for their annual reunion. This year they are holding it in Gettysburg. When the USS Franklin CV-13 ...

MILWAUKEE -- It was one of the greatest naval disasters in history. Many of those who survived are no longer with us, but those that were on board the USS Franklin and lived to tell about it, were in ...

On the morning of March 19, 1945, the sea was calm where the mighty USS Franklin, a 27,000-ton aircraft carrier, sat in the Pacific Ocean 53 miles off the Japanese coast. This was the closest an ...

On this day in 1945, during World War II, 724 sailors were killed and 265 wounded when a Japanese plane dropped two armor-piercing bombs on the USS Franklin. According to the U.S. Navy, the Franklin ...

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. -- Two dozen surviving veterans from the World War II aircraft carrier USS Franklin gathered on Friday, probably for the last time, to honor and remember one of the most remarkable ...

On the decks of the USS Franklin 75 years ago on Sunday morning, March 19, 1945, during World War II were five bombers, 14 torpedo bombers and 12 fighters. Those aircraft were “carrying 36,000 gallons ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — As Americans prepare to celebrate ...

More than 800 sailors died in the catastrophic 1945 attack on the USS Franklin, leaving the ship listing in the water. The survivors kept the ship afloat, and made it back to port. NBC’s Brian ...

Eight World War II veterans from across the U.S. gathered in Milwaukee Friday for an annual reunion of members of an exclusive club from within the military. They served aboard the USS Franklin, an ...

As World War II veterans Walter Gallagher and John Hensel walked a wreath honoring USS Franklin attack victims to the duck pond at Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday, a sea of close to 100 people ...

The USS Franklin listing in the waters off the coast of Japan on March 19, 1945 On March 19, 1945, the USS Franklin was termed “Dead in the Water.” It would later be dubbed “The ship that wouldn’t die ...

George Fox was found right where he wanted to be, doing what he volunteered to do when he joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor. As bombs fell out of Japanese planes and pierced the decks of the aircraft ...