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Paratroopers and drone show mark D-Day 80th anniversary
BBC News· 3 hours agoIn Portsmouth in England, King Charles called on people to live up to the freedom that Allied...
Local grandson of D-Day veteran makes the jump onto Normandy 80 years later
WKRG via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoMOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Eighty years ago, some 13,000 paratroopers geared up for a jump behind enemy...
D-Day paratroopers met by French customs in Normandy for 80th anniversary
Daily Express· 10 hours agoAt 1pm, the paratroopers launched themselves out of an Airbus A400M, touching down roughly eight...
Veterans recreate paratrooper jump into Normandy to honor the 80th anniversary of D-Day
WTRF Wheeling· 6 hours agoWheeling, W.Va. (WTRF) – Thursday will mark 80 years since D-Day, where American troops and the...
WATCH: Paratroopers jump into D-Day drop zone to recreate liberation of Normandy 80 years ago
The Washington Times· 10 hours agoHundreds of paratroopers from several nations parachuted into a historic D-Day drop zone in France...
Reenacting U.S. paratroopers' D-Day plunge into Normandy, 80 years later
CBS News via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoTrying to land, I headed straight for a ditch and a fence. I turned with the wind. Bad idea. Just...
‘I’d love to ask him questions’ – paratrooper whose grandfather fought for Nazis
Press Association News via AOL· 7 hours agoMr Biggs has organised joint training between the two nations’ paratroopers. He said Wednesday’s ...
D-Day 80th anniversary: A look at the paratrooper mission in Normandy
Orange County Register· 12 hours agoIt was the largest amphibious invasion and the largest paratrooper assault in history. The U.S. 82nd Infantry Division was redesignated and the 101st was activated Aug. 15 ...
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Elko Daily Free Press· 3 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves...
Retired Northshore paratrooper takes to the skies to walk in father's footsteps in Normandy
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans· 3 hours agoA Northshore senior veteran is getting the opportunity of a lifetime. It happened on Normandy...