In early June 1944, the Allies were fervently preparing for Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious invasion in history. Every resource, including ships like the aging USS Arkansas, was being ...

The submarine is the fifth naval vessel named for Arkansas, including a battleship. The most recent was a guided-missile cruiser that was decommissioned in 1988. The Arkansas is the 27th in a ...

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II.

Ray Hanley is a retired health care and IT executive, historian, producer of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's "Postcard Past" feature and author of 20 Arkansas history books.