D-Day

Eighty years ago, on a day now known as D-Day, thousands of Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel...

Pvt. John Steele's unit parachuted in the wrong place, while Steele himself was unlucky enough to get his chute caught on a...

In the timeline of a conflict as long and sprawling as World War II, even the most courageous stories of valor were bound to...

Donations to the nonprofit event will cover the cost of the "Placid Lassie" C-47 Skytrain, equipment for the jump and...

"The Great Escaper," a new movie from Pathé Films, stars Michael Caine as Jordan, retelling the story of his "great escape"...

"The question is, would a different deployment of the Panzer units have affected the outcome of D-Day?"

D-Day veteran Roy Arnn writes a letter to his daughters, Lynn and Su An, explaining some of the events he endured during...

As a female war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn was not allowed to accompany the Allied invasion force that stormed the...

Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the hostile beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were 1,000...

Among the many historical items kept by the Coast Guard Historian’s Office is a copy of one of the most reproduced...