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 ...

Learn more about the Airborne Assault on D-Day The Invasion Star was used on American ... children's toy that paratroopers carried during the initial Normandy jump to use as a recognition signal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

For comparison, Anderson said that less than 13,000 soldiers with the 101st and 82nd airborne divisions were dropped into Normandy ahead of the World War II invasion. He said that having 56,000 ...