Following Pearl Harbor James Woodrow Ward reenlisted as a private in the US Army on August 19, 1942 and eventually wound up in the air...

When not in training during World War II, the Marines would obtain their liberty passes and head to the nearest town for whatever...

As the battle for Guadalcanal became desperate, more and more troops, aviation fuel, and supplies were being funneled onto Guadalcanal....

One Pensacola High School graduate in the Class of 1943 was Cary Carlson Ward. He enlisted in the US Navy on his 17th birthday of March...

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, America was thrust into a war that it was totally unprepared. The military had to create a navy,...

Florida State College for Women contributed to the war effort of WWII in many ways to include those killed in the performance of their...

As America's young men were shipped off with the military during World War II, they were forced to leave their sweethearts behind. They...

For so many years everyone who graduated from Pensacola High School remembered the iconic English teacher by the name of Miss Marianne...

Here are a few of the headlines from the Pensacola News Journal from 1937-1945: Above: News Journal of 6-1-1937 Above: News Journal of...

Cary Carlson Ward Sr., US Navy Hospital Corpsman (known as Pharmacist Mate in WWII) stationed with the 3rd Marine Division, 12th Marines...

At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was was a 22-year veteran serving as a Navy machinist at the Naval base on Oahu. Chief Jessie Lee...