A Paratrooper Started D-Day by Hanging from His Chute on a Church Pvt. John Steele's unit parachuted in the wrong place, while Steele himself was unlucky enough to get his chute caught on a...
The Real-Life D-Day Commandos Who Inspired Hollywood's 'Dirty Dozen' "The Dirty Dozen" had everything anyone could hope for in a war movie.
Idris Elba Explores the Lost Stories of World War II Service Members of Color in Nat Geo's 'Erased' In the timeline of a conflict as long and sprawling as World War II, even the most courageous stories of valor were bound to...
How You Can Help the 'Band of Brothers' Cast Recreate Easy Company's Drop into Normandy 80 Years Later Donations to the nonprofit event will cover the cost of the "Placid Lassie" C-47 Skytrain, equipment for the jump and...
What 'D-Day' Actually Stands For What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on...
A D-Day Vet Escapes to Normandy Beach in Heartwarming Michael Caine Movie "The Great Escaper," a new movie from Pathé Films, stars Michael Caine as Jordan, retelling the story of his "great escape"...
While Hitler Snored: D-Day, Rommel and the Panzers "The question is, would a different deployment of the Panzer units have affected the outcome of D-Day?"
D-Day Veteran Explains to His Daughters What World War II Was Like D-Day veteran Roy Arnn writes a letter to his daughters, Lynn and Su An, explaining some of the events he endured during...
Remembering D-Day: Key Facts and Figures About the Invasion that Changed the Course of World War II The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever...
Barred from Combat, Women Working as Codebreakers, Cartographers and Coxswains Helped D-Day Succeed The history of the D-Day invasion that changed the course of World War II is often told through the stories of the men who...
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...