Schaffer at the age of 92 drinking a toast at a ceremony at Pegasus Bridge in Normandy on June 5 2018 - Matt Cardy/Getty Images Tom Schaffer, who has died aged 97, was one of the last men surviving to ...
In February 1942, the men of the newly formed British 2nd Parachute Battalion went into action for the first time. In one of the most daring raids of the war, they seized and brought back to England ...
The June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy involved the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, ...
In the bagful of tricks opened by the Germans in the Low Countries, most spectacular eye-opener to complacent military men was the employment of parachute troops and air infantry. Pooh-poohed by all ...
He was one of the last surviving members of the all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickels. Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to be the oldest surviving World War II ...
In this photo from 1945, a C-47 of Troop Carrier Command carries parachutists of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion to the scene of a remote fire in Wallowa forest, Oregon. An event in Pendleton ...
When the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, on 15 November 1942, it began life with a rich airborne heritage. The famous test platoon, the prime ancestor of all ...
On a brief furlough from his Army unit, Charles Audet was visiting Paris in December 1944 when Germany launched its last major offensive of World War II, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge.
Today, Spanish soldiers carry very complete equipment with some peculiarities depending on their specialty. A convoy of the Spanish Army's BRIPAC at the start of its deployment to Germany Latvia shows ...
In February 1942, the men of the newly formed British 2nd Parachute Battalion went into action for the first time. In one of the most daring raids of the war, they seized and brought back to England ...
Major General Yusuf al-Hunaiti (right) meets members of the new Thunderbolt and Paratroopers Battalion. (Jordanian Armed Forces) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) has re-established a dedicated ...
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