This story tells the incredible true events behind one of the most famous WWII photographs—a Navy blister gunner captured ...

Loyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later.

In November 1944, U.S. Navy gunner Loyce Deen became the only American airman in history to be buried at sea in his aircraft. After being killed during a bombing run in the Pacific, his body was so ...