'A Ball of Flames Everywhere': One Coxswain's D-Day Story August Leo Thomas was a coxswain on LCT 633 during Operation Overlord. He gives a firsthand account of the landings that took...
D-Day 74: Paratroopers Honor the Greatest Generation Following the flight path of June 6, 1944, aircraft dropped 60 paratroopers per pass to commemorate the D-Day invasion 74...
Retired Army Officer Recalls Landing at Utah Beach During D-Day Invasion Retired Army Lt. Col. Rex Smith recalls landing at Utah Beach during the Allies' invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
‘Tactical Surprise’: The D-Day Amphibious Assault at Utah Beach Battling with five-foot waves, thrashing winds and heavy enemy fire, U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft mounted a fierce...
What if D-Day Failed? A Message from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower Read the message that Allied commander Dwight Eisenhower would have sent out to the American public if the D-Day invasion...
From Big Week to the Big Day: Aerial Attacks Set Up D-Day Invasion Hundreds of United States Army Air Force’s (USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress bombers launched a massive coordinated assault just...
D-Day by the Numbers: Pulling Off the Biggest Amphibious Invasion in History The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion in history.
AARP Honors the Normandy Invasion's 75th Anniversary with 'Letters from D-Day' Bryan Cranston narrates the series about one of the most important days of battle for the Allies in World War II.
5 Things That Surprised the German Army on D-Day Believe it or not, the Germans were not surprised that the Allies were ready to invade Fortress Europe as a means of bringing...
Normandy Commemorates D-Day with Small Crowds, but Big Heart The official 77th anniversary ceremonies are limited to a small number of selected guests and dignitaries.
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
