Joy and sadness in acute doses poured out Monday on the beaches of Normandy. As several dozen D-Day veterans — now all in their 90s — set foot on the sands that claimed so many colleagues, they are ...
TAMPA, Fla. — World War II veterans will be back on the beaches of Normandy, France on Friday, marking 81 years since D-Day. On June 6th, 1944, allied forces launched the massive invasion that helped ...
They get to understand the different aspects of history and why we have the freedoms that we have today," a program head told Military.com.
Eighty one years after the invasion of Normandy, a local vocal ensemble from Wake County, called VocaVarina, will travel to France and participate in a patriotic concert to remember those who fought ...
For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred. Today, he has recovered his identity — and was being reunited with his twin ...
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf ...
WHITEHALL, Wis. — In the town of Whitehall, Wisconsin there lives a man known for his positivity and politeness. His name is Reynolds Tomter. And even at 107-years-old, he still looks forward to ...
Benjamin Patterson and Sonja Czarnecki, a student-teacher duo from Bishop Seabury Academy, visited Normandy, France to honor a World War II veteran from Lawrence. When Benjamin Patterson stood at the ...
"Don't forget what we did for freedom," one veteran said. A World War II veteran who stormed the French beaches of Normandy on D-Day 76 years ago recently accomplished his latest mission: to find the ...
Wickliffe Public Library will be hosting the program “WWII Normandy Invasion – As Seen Through the Eyes of a Soldier” at 7 p.m. Aug. 12. Attendees will join reenactor Pete Booth as he brings history ...