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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 3 hours agoD-Day veterans and other dignitaries will gather to remember the thousands of lives lost during the...
The American D-Day soldiers who left messages in a castle
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoIt is estimated that about 300,000 American military personnel were deployed to Northern Ireland by...
'Oddities In The El Paso News,' a look at border life in 1922: Trish Long
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSo reads a sign in an El Paso restaurant. Americans note with surprise that squads of soldiers...
Armor: M2 IFV More Useful Than a Tank
Strategy Page· 7 days agoDecember 29, 2023: The United States has sent Ukraine over a hundred 30-ton M2 IFVs (Infantry fighting vehicles). The Russians appear to have ignored the fact that most of the armored vehicles ...
As World War I loomed, here’s how Fort Worth gathered in a spirit of patriotic unity
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe spirit of racial unity would be severely tested in the next two years when more than 2,000 Black...
In June 1944, a Tribune correspondent set the scene ahead of the ‘greatest invasion ever attempted’
Chicago Tribune· 4 days ago...who landed on Omaha Beach with American troops, received the Purple Heart, nine battle stars and...
For Heroes of D-Day, This Reunion Might Be a ‘Last Hurrah’
New York Times· 2 days agoIt is 80 years since the Allied invasion of Normandy, and the average age of veterans hovers at 100....
FOX 5/KUSI presents special screening of ‘D-Day: The Greatest Victory’ aboard USS Midway Museum
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEighty years ago, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, in what is...