Last Surviving Medic from 'Band of Brothers' Easy Company Laid to Rest Mampre, who died on May 31 at 97 years old, was the last living medic from Easy Company.
A Bodyguard of Lies: How the Allies Deceived Germany about D-Day "While the intent to invade could not be concealed, the location had to be if there was going to be any chance of success."
Ancestry Marks D-Day with Free Access to its Military Collection The web site contains more than 250 million global military records, from pension rolls to enlistment registrations.
Church Bells to Ring 13 Times to Honor 13 D-Day Medal of Honor Recipients The event masks a dispute over where and when to memorialize all those who have earned the nation's highest award for valor.
D-Day Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mulberry Harbour "Behind the circular breakwaters was a sophisticated system of floating piers anchored to the seabed."
Chinese-American WWII Vets Eligible for Congressional Gold Medal The medal honors their heroism in service and sacrifice in the face of discrimination
A 101-Year-Old WWII Vet Commissioned His Grandson and People Are Crying Army Air Force veteran Walter Kloc commissioned his grandson Joseph Kloc at the young man’s Air Force Academy graduation...
Barbed Wire and a French Castle: A Soldier's Account of D-Day John Trippon threw his body across barbed wire to allow his unit to push inland on D-Day.
You Sent This World War II Vet 500 Birthday Cards What's the best way to celebrate a 100-year-old veteran's birthday? With cake -- and about 500 birthday cards and presents.
Here's the Complete Schedule for TCM's 75th Anniversary of D-Day Series Never Surrender: WWII in the Movies features introductions filmed at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans .
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
