But in his free time, Stemkens roams the nearby forests on both sides of the border, armed with the metal detector he uses to ...

The German Paratroopers of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6, also known as FJR6 would face their American counterparts of the 101st Airborne on D-Day, behind Utah Beach on the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy ...

Pruett has a personal link to World War II air battles. His father, Lyde Pruett, piloted a P-51 and B-25, among other aircraft, when he was stationed in Anzio, Italy, from 1942 to 1944.

Today marks 81 years since D-day, when allied troops first landed on 5 beaches in Normandy, France, to fight against Nazi Germany during WWII. , The History Center in Diboll is remembering those from ...

On June 6, 1944, thousands of men landed on the beaches of Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword, in Normandy, France. These members of the military fought in the air, land, and sea, to defeat Nazi ...

Some of those men were from Angelina County, including paratrooper John Taylor. On June 6, 1944, thousands of men landed on the beaches of Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword, in Normandy, France.

That's one of many lessons that NATO militaries are taking from the Ukraine war. A top Polish general overseeing the country's paratroopers said that a big takeaway is that light infantry skills ...

Tanks played a prominent role in both World War I and World War II, supporting dismounted infantry forces by delivering an armored punch to break through enemy lines. During the Cold War, Soviet ...

Brig. Gen. Michal Strzelecki, the commander of Poland's 6th Airborne Brigade, told BI that he's focused on light infantry operations.