Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By January 1945, the United States was deeply embroiled in World War II. More than 6,000 soldiers from Washington County served at ...

“With God speed,“ the S.S. Adrian Victory slips into the Pacific Ocean from its drydock at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. shipyard in Portland, Oregon, after being christened by Mrs. Robert Stites of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. By 1943, the outlook for an Allied ...

Victory Cruise Lines is now in full service after christening its second ship, Victory II, in Chicago on May 12. The ceremony followed the April 27 christening of Victory I in Toronto, which ushered ...

Victory Cruises will postpone by one year the inaugural season of its first expedition ship, the Ocean Victory, due to regulatory restrictions that prevent the ship from debuting this summer in Alaska ...

The newly relaunched Victory Cruise Lines has officially christened Victory II. The festivities took place in Chicago on Monday, with founder and chief executive officer John Waggoner’s granddaughter, ...

More than 6,000 soldiers from Washington County served at home and abroad. Washington County families lost loved ones who were killed, taken prisoner or assumed missing in Germany, France, Italy and ...