Ex-Scots Guard Ted Davidson, from Padiham, faced the horrors of D-Day as a 17-year-old, landing on Sword Beach and battling his way to Caen in his Churchill tank. He would later recall how troops were ...
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder, the late John Robert “Bob” Slaughter, the National D-Day Memorial ...
History buffs and knitters will be sew impressed when this 80-metre-long D-Day diorama comes to the Forum in Norwich in February.
A centuries-old harbor in France has long inspired painters such as Claude Monet and Eugène Boudin. Today, artists still ...
Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.
To commemorate his father’s service in World War Two, Nigel Stoate and his son sailed the Channel – and back – in their 1944 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Del Toro dubbed the Medium Landing Ship the McClung class, with USS McClung (LSM-1) as the lead ship. The vessel is named after Marine Corps Maj. Megan McClung, a public affairs officer who was ...
Hawaii and Texas residents united during a virtual meeting Monday hosted by the Federal Aviation Administration to overwhelmingly oppose SpaceX’s latest plans for rocket launches. SpaceX asked ...