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How the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day
Army Times· 1 hour agoThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Among the many...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Survivors, leaders meet in Normandy
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 hours agoThe surviving veterans of D-Day, most in wheelchairs, were again in Normandy on Thursday, as they...
The Latest | D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WATE 6 Knoxville· 3 hours agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
Legendary D-Day veteran, 103, vows he 'would do it all again' to protect Britain
Daily Express· 23 hours agoHero D-Day soldier John Duke, 103, has vowed to do it "all again" to protect the country he loves as...
The Latest | D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WMBB News 13· 3 hours agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
John Nelson: Purple Heart recipient reflects on days in Vietnam
Billings Gazette· 3 days agoContent by AARP. When his plane was struck over Vietnam, Air Force Capt. John Nelson took action.
Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoPat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father...
The strange story of Skopje, Europe’s least-known capital
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoYou do not need to spend more than an hour in central Skopje to notice that the capital of North...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory...
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoIts members faced a particularly daunting task: As part of the first wave of the largest amphibious assault in history, the regiment was assigned to clear the Omaha Beach landing sectors code-named ...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry's heroism helped bring victory on D-Day:...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 1 day agoAmong the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944 -- 80 years ago...