The Longest Day, starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda, chronicles the D-Day invasion of Normandy, from both the Allied and ...

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 ...

Mark Calhoun, a senior historian at the National WWII ... invade Normandy, which Calhoun said actually began in early 1942, more than two years before Germans spotted the first Allied paratroopers ...

George Sarros is shown in photo from 1943 during his service as a Motor Machinist Mate Third Class in the U.S. Navy and today. [CONTRIBUTED] Today, East Flat Rock resident George Sarros will celebrate ...

Joe Harris, WWII's oldest surviving paratrooper, was laid to rest recently. He was a part of the Army's all-Black 555th ...

Since World War II, the number of soldiers the Army has ... Paid parachute positions include paratroopers in airborne units as well as soldiers in other staff units. Those soldiers who are coded ...

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but ...

A South Tyneside man has shared the story of how he got his name - and how it originated on the beaches of Normandy. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you can get ...

Survival guides, stockpiling and mass evacuation drills. Europe is scrambling to prepare its citizens for the growing threat of conflict arriving on its doorstep. Several European nations have ...

Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and Paris City Vision earn high praise from past visitors. Located near the cemetery is the Normandy Visitors Center, which highlights the ...

Ukraine's state emergency service has given another update from Sumy, where at least 34 people have been killed in a Russian attack today. In the last few minutes, they've said 68 people are ...