of the 101st Airborne Division did before their historic jump into Normandy. On June 3, the morning of the jump, the fog lifted to reveal a cool, spring day over Normandy. Before the sun fully ...

both icons of the D-DAY Airborne invasion. For those not able to travel to Normandy for the D-DAY 80 celebrations, I hope this video provides an insight into the quality of museums in Normandy ...

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...

But life took a sharp turn when World War II came along, Mullins joined the army and ended up in the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles," where, at just 19, he served in the Allies' D-Day ...

Some 4,000 Allied troops were killed in the invasion. Goss knows he was one of the lucky ones to make it back home. He traveled to Normandy with his daughter and nephew. Separately, many other ...

During the podcast, Anderson said the 22,000 soldiers will still keep their jobs and be reclassified as non-parachutist positions, meaning they won’t receive jump pay, but still have opportunities to ...

In April 1944, American troops took part in a top-secret rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, on Slapton Sands in Devon, England. Unfortunately the operation, known as Exercise Tiger ...

Eisenhower speaks with men of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division ... the 1st U.S. Army during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.

Battleship Texas is the last remaining Allied battleship from the invasion of Normandy during World War II, said Hunter Miertschin, Battleship Texas Foundation ship experience coordinator.

4,000 ships join in thrust; Airborne troops lead in dash; Navies shell coast. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, June 6 – Allied forces landed in the Normandy area of Northwest ...