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This WWII bunker used fake air vent to return grenade to sender
It's a nasty surprise for any enemy tossing a grenade.
By Sarah Sicard
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Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans
World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on the beaches of Normandy.
75 years later, World War II veterans go back to Paris
World War II veterans are taking part in ceremonies Saturday and Sunday marking the 75th anniversary of the military operation that liberated Paris from Nazi occupation.
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press
From D-Day to Nazi defeat: Marking World War II milestones
After D-Day, U.S. troops took part in another major but often overlooked operation that is commemorated this week.
Gliderman lost to history found in Louisiana: France awards WWII ‘Screaming Eagle’ veteran its Legion of Honor
"Hitler stole the Champagne from the French,” he said. "So, we took it back."
By Kristine Froeba
Last D-Day Pathfinder pilot flies C-47 aircraft this weekend
Hamilton is going to fly the plane just as WWII paratrooper re-enactors plan to stage an airdrop over Frederick, Oklahoma. The event is part of a celebration planned for Hamilton by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team and will depart from World War II-era Frederick Army Air Field from an original wooden hanger.
By Kristine Froeba
Chief dons new ‘Army Greens’ while attending D-Day events
Gen. Mark Milley put on the service’s new uniform at events honoring the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord.
By Kyle Rempfer
The backstory behind 97-year-old Tom Rice’s D-Day 75th anniversary jump over Normandy
It all started at an air show in California last fall when two strangers bonded on the tarmac over a love of aviation.
By Natalie Gross
D-Day at 75: Nations honor veterans, memory of fallen
With silent remembrance and respect, nations honored the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day, the assault that portended the fall of Hitler’s Third Reich.
Memories of the Longest Day still linger for these D-Day survivors
As celebrations take place in France and around America honoring the men and women who took part in that mission on its 75th anniversary, there are fewer and fewer who remember it firsthand. Grapes, 98 and living in Houma, Louisiana, is one of five American D-Day survivors to share those recollections with Military Times.
By Brian Mackley
97-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy again
Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day — but this time without being shot at.
Trump reads from FDR’s prayer to the US on D-Day
Trump, with images of an American flag and Roosevelt projected behind him, read to crowd: “Almighty God, our sons, pride of our nation, this day, have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion and our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity.”
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press