The Consolidated PBY Catalina became one of the most important aircraft of World War II without ever being glamorous.

Hundreds of American prisoners of war had spent nearly three years starving in a Japanese camp in the Philippines. The story of how they got out remains one of the most extraordinary rescue operations ...

The name Matagorda usually lands on a map, not a ship’s stern, but in World War II it did both. USS Matagorda took its name from Matagorda Bay and went ...