Day, June 6, 1944, one of the most intense battles unfolded at La Fière Bridge, a key crossing in Normandy. The 82nd Airborne ...

Both Crow and Waltz performed a parachute jump over Normandy with French paratroopers five years ago, for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. "There's no better way to get you out of the airplane than ...

Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France ... "Full Victory — Nothing Else" to paratroopers in England just before they board planes to participate in the first assault in the invasion ...

helmets display the markings used by 101st paratroopers and glider troops to identify their unit affiliations for the jump into Normandy and throughout the European Theater of Operations.

When he was 19 years old, Joseph B. "Ben" Miller landed at Normandy on D-Day in a paraglider. Eighty years later, he visited Normandy with fellow veterans in June 2024 to remember that day. On Tuesday ...

Seven thousand naval vessels were involved in the Normandy landings, while 14,000 sorties (military units) were flown to provide aerial cover and drop 18,000 Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines.

A decorated American WWII pilot, who was the last surviving pilot from a pre-invasion Normandy mission, has died at the age of 102. Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton, who was hosted by South Kesteven ...