D-Day: Perhaps the Most Pivotal Day in World War II June 6, 1944: It was perhaps the most pivotal day in World War II. Relive the event with these veteran stories and historical...
'The Advantages Were All Theirs': What Famed War Correspondent Ernie Pyle Saw on D-Day Ernie Pyle was the United States' most well-known war correspondent during World War II, serving as the de facto eyes and...
A Jacket, a Coin, a Letter − Relics of Omaha Beach Battle Tell the Story of D-Day 80 Years Later Eighty years ago, on a day now known as D-Day, thousands of Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel...
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...
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...
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...
The History of the US Army's Birthday June 14 should be considered one of the most patriotic days in America. Not only is it Flag Day, celebrating the adoption of...
How Martha Gellhorn Became the Only Female Journalist at D-Day As a female war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn was not allowed to accompany the Allied invasion force that stormed the...
Fired Space Force Officer Approved to Be Air Force's No. 2 Civilian Leader In a 52-46 party-line vote, the Senate approved former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier to become the under secretary of the Air...
‘I Came Home Different': What They Don't Tell You About Life After Service "No one tells you that you might survive everything and still wake up years later wondering what the hell you're doing here."
Schumer Asks US Army to Award New York Hero with Medal of Honor Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis died in 2013 during a Taliban raid on Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan.
Navy Torpedo Boat Abandoned in South Carolina Waters. Now the Owner Has Been Arrested These days, the only threat posed by a 120-foot-long Navy torpedo vessel is to the marsh outside of Charleston, S.C., where...
Marine Veteran Dies After Shooter Lying in Wait Ambushed Police Who Parked to Eat Lunch An Ohio police department says one of its officers is dead after a shooter lying in wait ambushed him and another officer as...
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/1time%20natgeo%20erased%20heroes%20of%20color%201200.jpg?itok=SOynJBV0 "Desare' Allen holds a portrait of her great uncle Doris Miller at Flosetta Miller's home in Arlington, Texas. "Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color" tells the stories of three Black heroes who miraculously survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. One of these men, mess attendant Doris Miller, defied racial stereotypes when he shot down enemy planes during the attack. (National Geographic/Nelson Adeosun)")
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/offduty/monuments-men-slideshow/2013/10/001.jpg?itok=ZGX9d3u0 "Hitler at the Haus of German Art in Munich, Germany (date unknown) - Hitler proclaimed that Munich was the "Capital City of German Art". Although Hitler was rejected as an artist by Vienne Academy of Fine Arts, his focus on art continued.")
