Vince Speranza, 98, jumped from the sky once more on Saturday more than 75 years after the veteran paratrooper made training jumps in the final days of World War II. Organizers said Speranza, of the ...
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder I take a look at the incredible Airborne Museum in the Normandy town of Sainte Mère Église, famous for it being the first town liberated by US Forces on D-DAY, 6th ...
The 101st Airborne Division parachuted into Normandy on D-Day near the town of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, quickly moving to ...
As Command Sgt. Maj. Vern Daley prepared for a parachute jump over Alaska on Thursday with the 11th Airborne Division, he had one addition to his standard Army uniform and equipment — his ...
The Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville has opened up a new 3D exhibit to help people learn about D-Day. On June 6, 1944, members of the 82nd Airborne Division fell from the sky on ...
On Tuesday, the 82nd Airborne Division held an unboxing event for postcards sent from the residents of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France in lieu of the in-person commemorative traditions interrupted by the ...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the 80th commemoration of D-Day approaches on June 6 a group of veterans in the 82nd Airborne traveled to Normandy for a series of tributes and celebrations. One North ...
Santa Barbara’s Art Petersen, about to turn 100, fought as a paratrooper with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II, seeing action during the historic Normandy ...
Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment represented the 101st Airborne Division during the funeral service of Jim “Pee Wee” Martin at the Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio ...
General Lee's Airborne -- Matthew Bunker Ridgway -- Maxwell Davenport Taylor -- War -- The Birth Of American Airborne Divisions -- "Become A Paratrooper!" -- James Gavin -- Sicily and Italy : A Dress ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Airborne Troops: Countdown to D-Day It's 48 hours before the D-day invasion of Normandy. You are John Welsh, an elite paratrooper dropped behind enemy lines ...
On June 5, 1944, Earl Mills was among the men of the 101st Airborne Division who gathered at an air base in England as Allied Supreme Cmdr. Dwight D. Eisenhower encouraged them on their mission — the ...