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A B-29 Superfortress. A C-47 transport. A P-51 Mustang, like those that fought the Luftwaffe on raids into Germany. You could ...
One of the last members of World War ll’s 83rd Infantry has died. Marvin Parr Blakeman passed away on Saturday, July 26, at ...
Camp Gordon Johnston, along a stretch of the Gulf Coast, served as a training ground for the U.S. Army’s largest amphibious ...
This week, World War II veterans are back in Normandy. On those beaches, it was a hero’s welcome for a fading generation of World War II veterans, 81 years after they helped turn the tide of ...
I am the luckiest guy that God ever created. When I say the best is yet to come, I don’t know what it is but it’s there. I ...
World War II, the deadliest and most destructive conflict in human history, reshaped the world as we know it. In this video, we take a closer look at what it was truly like to live through the ...
Families in Normandy, France are getting ready to celebrate the life of "Papa Jake" Larson — A Minnesota native and war hero.
On July 17, 2025, Papa Jake passed away peacefully at his home in Lafayette, California, at the age of 102. His granddaughter ...
A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World War II Foundation.
HOUSTON — After more than 80 years, a World War II mystery that haunted a Houston family has finally been solved. U.S. Army ...
D-Day veteran and social media star "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944, has died at 102.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lays a wreath of flowers during a memorial ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the American ...