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NATO is making plans for surging US troops into Europe in case Russia invades
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMembers of the 82nd Airborne Division cleaning weaponry ahead of deployment to Poland from Fort...
A personal account of a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day
Military Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLt. Col. Gerhard L. Bolland was a proud Norwegian American from the farming town of Madison,...
He helped lead forces in Iraq. Now, he has a new fight and challenge for Black men.
The Fayetteville Observer· 14 hours agoRetired Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph “Joe” Allen’s more than 37-year Army career was marked with deployments during the height of the Global War on Terror. Allen served as command sergeant major ...
D-Day: Florida woman travels to Georgia to learn about parents’ service
WRBL Columbus via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCOLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The National Infantry Museum (NIM) rarely has walk-ins where guests come in...
How a Kansas soldier ‘liberated’ Hitler’s personal stationery
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLENEXA, Kan. (WDAF) – A few months after 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on...
80 years ago: Three Ross County men gave their lives on D-Day
Chillicothe Gazette via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt's been 80 years today since the Allies began their D-Day invasion in Normandy, France during...
Braunstone: The city park that became a D-Day paratrooper base
BBC News· 5 days agoA Leicestershire town is to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day with events to remember US servicemen...
‘As Lonely as a Man Can Get’: The True Story of D-Day, as Told by Paratroopers
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEighty years ago, hours before the Allied forces launched a million personnel across the English Channel to fight Hitler’s Third Reich in Fortress Europe, U.S. and British paratroopers painted ...
Mobile paratrooper veteran to make his 50th static line jump in Normandy for 80th D-Day Anniversary
WKRG via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime:...
Real soldier who inspired “Saving Private Ryan” actually said Matt Damon's line
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“The Matt Damon character… he said exactly what Uncle Fritz said when they sent him home,” Preston...