At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
Soar above the iconic beaches of Normandy with this drone footage, revealing the historic sites where the D-Day landings shaped the course of World War II. The richest comedian in the world isn't ...
When he was 19 years old, Joseph B. “Ben” Miller landed at Normandy on D-Day in a paraglider. Eighty years later, he visited ...
Reenlisting at the outbreak of World War II, Roosevelt led four amphibious ... His citation reads: He repeatedly led groups from the beach, over the seawall and established them inland.
More World War II veteran stories:Married near Normandy beaches at age 100, World War II vet returns with bride to PBC home "You couldn't just enlist," Simon recalled. "Everybody wanted to go.