The White House says on the 72nd Korean War armistice the U.S. will "steadfastly" safeguard interests on the Korean Peninsula ...

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered desegregation of the U.S. military. In 1956, Egypt created a crisis by ...

Eighty years ago, on July 17, 1945, the last of the Second World War’s “Big Three” conferences was convened at Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, in the Cecilienhof Palace. The key issues discussed and ...

Every United States Navy warship should expect a hero’s welcome when returning to port, but for the crew of USS Harry S Truman, they truly earned it.

WASHINGTON — The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the “largest airstrike in the history of the world” from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia, the ...

On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the United States conducted the first-ever detonation of a nuclear weapon.

Truman issued Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the military in 1948. He appointed a committee of diverse Americans to report on progress in 1950, the Freedom to Serve Report.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official ...

Harry died in 1972, followed by Bess 10 years later. In 1984, following a series of updates and repairs, the National Park Service began operations at the Harry S Truman National Historic Site.

A sailor assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman returned from a nearly eight-month deployment to find that his dog had been given away — thankfully, they were reunited after a public search effort.