A Military Chaplain Describes 'the Sad and Horrible Sights' He Saw on D-Day Former Miami minister John G. Burkhalter landed on Omaha Beach as chaplain for the "Fighting First." He penned this letter to...
How This World War II Vet Almost Destroyed the Leaning Tower of Pisa World War II veteran Leon Weckstein recalls the day he almost destroyed Pisa's most famous landmark.
This Future Congressman's D-Day Story Goes Inside 'the Longest Day' Sam M. Gibbons, who later represented Florida in the U.S. Congress, was a 24-year-old captain in the 501st Parachute Infantry...
World War II POW Describes Being Shot Down over the English Channel World War II veteran Bill Geiger, whose pilot was a West Pointer, wanted to be a pilot all my life.
'War Sure Is Hell': Pearl Harbor Survivor Recalls Bombing World War II veteran Carl Carson chronicles what it was like to survive the bombing of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor on Dec...
How Whiskey Helped Calm Down This Sailor on D-Day As a coxswain of an LCVP landing craft during Operation Overlord, George Thomas Poe had one of the most unique views and...
'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 Story: George Bonadio George Bonadio was a junior officer on the liaison staff for the flag staff at the landing of the first 60,000 troops on...
D-Day 1944: A Day of Battle in France and Prayer at Home Americans Tuesday honored the sacrifice of the troops who stormed Normandy 73 years ago on June 6, 1944.
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...
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...
