MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Monongalia County man says all he could do was his job when the aircraft carrier he was on, the USS Franklin, was attacked near the Japanese mainland more than 70 years ago ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Albert Cole is nowhere to be found on any published roster of the USS Franklin. He can't explain why, other than the fact that he wasn't aboard the aircraft carrier when it was commissioned in early ...

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 ...