On June 6, 1944, 22-year-old Victor Nelson was the eighth paratrooper to jump in the blackness covering the coastline of Normandy, France. It was D-Day. The largest invasion force ever put together.

In 1944 though, it was time to use ... on the Pas de Calais as they did on Normandy. Even on D-Day itself, Allied planes dropped dummy paratroopers and tin foil to confuse German radar and ...

Henry Roy “Pete” Black Jr., a Greencastle native who died in the sinking of the USS Shark on Oct. 24, 1944, during World ... of the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. Stories Behind the ...

The hour-plus parade down Harbor Boulevard recognized the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion at Normandy, France, during ...

He returned to Pigeon Falls after the war and never thought he'd go back to Europe. But just before the 80th anniversary of D ...

The remains of a U.S. soldier who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy during World War II have returned to ...

Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: ...

U.S. paratroopers commemorated Bridge Day with a skydive in West Virginia. Footage shows Staff Sergeant Class Justin Drake flying alongside Sergeant 1st Class Michael Health during an advanced ...

He was 99. Chandler, who served aboard a British motor torpedo boat during the invasion of Normandy that began June 6, 1944, was one of the dwindling cohort of D-Day survivors who gathered last summer ...

True movie-set war stories from Paul Biddiss, the British Army soldier who's lent his expertise to Gladiator II, Mission: ...