Few fighter aircraft have had an impact on a conflict like the P-51 Mustang.

The iconic bomber of the European theater, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, carried the fight to the Germans in the skies over Europe.

The first bomber to hit Japan after Pearl Harbor, the B-25 Mitchell was found in every theater of the war and was a rugged, multipurpose bomber beloved by her aircrew for its survivability and ease to fly.

One of the best fighters of World War II, the F4U Corsair tormented the Japanese from Guadalcanal until the end of the war.

From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the USS Crescent City (AP-40/APA-21) was in the thick of the US drive across the Pacific. See how a small ship made a major difference in World War II.

The men of the Underwater Demolition Teams in the Pacific were born out of the necessity of the moment in World War II, and blasted their way from one island to another to help achieve American victory over Japan.

Fast, powerful, and short-lived, the Alaska-class large cruisers of the US Navy in World War II were both state of the art and obsolete at the same time. See how the US Navy tried to create the ultimate cruiser-killer ship.

One unit had perhaps the oddest assignment in the US Army: create a fake force, but make it look and sound real.

Winston Churchill called it "one of the most melancholy naval episodes in the whole of the war.”

Two months before Pearl Harbor, a sailor became Louisiana's first fatality in World War II.