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'Battle of the Bulge' veteran is remembered on both sides of the Atlantic
The Indiana Gazette· 11 hours agoDutch man and his son recall their encounter with a Battle of the Bulge veteran from Indiana County.
Tom Schaffer, paratrooper who was one of the last survivors of the Battle of the Bulge – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTom Schaffer, who has died aged 97, was one of the last men surviving to have served in the 13th...
Idris Elba helps uncover the WWII soldiers of color who never got their due
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoNEW YORK — (AP) — One of Idris Elba's grandfathers fought in World War II, but he doesn't know what...
Band Of Brothers: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts From The Making Of The HBO Limited Series
Cinema Blend· 2 days agoIn September 2001, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks changed the face of television with the 10-part...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Remembering the ‘Boys of Pointe du Hoc,’ including an Alabama hero
Birmingham News· 1 day agoIt’s been 30 years since President Ronald Reagan stood on the shores of the northern coast of France...
You know these four celebrities. You may not know they were part of the D-Day invasion.
USA Today· 1 day agoYou’ve seen the black-and-white D-Day photographs taken under fire on the Normandy beaches during...
D-Day anniversary: 98-year-old veteran will ‘never forget’ 12 friends he lost
The Hill· 1 day agoTony Pagano, who deployed to Europe not long after D-Day, is marking the Normandy invasion a little...
D-Day: 100-year-old Southwest Florida Veteran recalls historic day
WINK TV Southwest Florida· 18 hours agoThursday, June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, one of the most significant events in...
D-Day's last living links recount brutal, and inspiring, memories on Normandy’s beaches
NBC News via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoBorn in Lackawanna, New York, he fought in the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge, but not before a...
‘Marty’s war’ started uneventfully but got tough fast
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoBy the time Germany surrendered in May 1945, the young rifleman with the 12th Regiment, 4th Infantry...