Tag: Hampton Roads Naval Museum
The Uncle He Never Met: Norfolk Resident Recalls Relative Who Perished During Pearl Harbor Attacks
HAMPTON -- A cigar box containing letters and telegrams from the West Coast and eventually Pearl Harbor, newspaper clippings of the Japanese attacks at...
Landing Craft Take Center Stage During Lunchtime Presentation
FORT EUSTIS -- On June 5-6, 1944, the Allied invasion of France commenced. Many recall scenes of carnage and destruction across fields of fire...
NWS Yorktown remembers Battle of Midway
NWS YORKTOWN -- Scudder Hall galley is a familiar site to many Sailors, Marines and civilians onboard Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. Inside, its staff of...
Hayes Resident Virtual Volunteering in a time of COVID-19
NORFOLK -- Prior to COVID-19, Hayes resident Jim Leuci would make the roundtrip to Naval Station Norfolk from his home just across the bridge...
Help honor the military, first responders with this event
NORFOLK -- During this holiday season, Norfolk Public Library is honoring all branches of the Armed Forces, NATO, first responders and Fallen Heroes for...
Navy veteran to tell the tales of two sunken battleships in the James River
Just feet below the surface of the James River in Newport News, two mysterious Civil War ships – one Confederate and one Union –...