By Mark Freeman HRNM Ceremonies/Special Events Coordinator Naval Aviation Pilot insignia ( NHHC ) Enlisted naval aviators have played a cruc...

By Laura Orr HRNM Director of Education Tom Eversole and his mother, Sarah ( Courtesy of the Eversole family ) On April 28, 1942, almost fiv...

By Lee Duckworth HRNM Volunteer Part 1 of this blog is available here . Personalities The greatest difference between Douglas MacArthur and ...

Participants play "Top Gun" and "Super Battleship" Over one hundred guests attended last week's "You Sank ...

And here they are!  These games will be available for you to play the night of June 19 th  for the next After Hours History event, "Y...

I had the honor to spend the past weekend interviewing Captain N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, a veteran of the Battle of Midway and recip...

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One third of the aviation squadrons and all three aircraft carriers that fought...

This a photograph of Aircraft Carrier Number 8, Hornet , at Newport News Shipbuilding shortly after her launch in late 1941.  Hornet was...

This is a February 1942 photo of ground crew sailors pushing back plane number 7 of the famed Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) at NAS Norfolk. Co...

This is an April 4, 1937 Associated Press photo of the aircraft carrier Yorktown sliding down the launch way of Newport News Shipbuilding...

As we approach the anniversaries of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, it is important to note the numerous Hampton Road...