If you’ve ever visited Normandy, where the American-led freedom crusade launched the multifaceted assaults that ultimately vanquished fascism, you surely know, as I’ve just learned, that nouns and ver ...

As the U.S. Army commemorates its 250th birthday, historic U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn stands as a visible ...

But life took a sharp turn when World War II came along, Mullins joined the army and ended up in the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles," where, at just 19, he served in the Allies' D-Day ...

Harry Arlin, 97, William DeGroat,102, and Abe Meltzer, 99, participated in a ceremony at The Museum of American Armor in Old ...

Nazi Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945 thanks to the courage and conviction of young Americans who knew that isolation is no ...

Between June 6 and June 9, 1944, some of the most brutal fighting of D-Day took place at La Fière Bridge, where the 82nd ...

Eternal gratitude In Normandy, Marie-Pascale Legrand is still taking care of the ailing Charles Shay, a 100-year-old American ...

Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran ... Once wounded, Klaus is transferred to Normandy to serve under Field Marshal Rommel just days before the Allied invasion. Much to his surprise, he ...

Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, served in 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards during World War 2 and was in the thick of it as the allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. One of York’s last remaining Second World War veterans is returning to Normandy for VE Day – meaning the 99-year-old has had to turn ...

During the bloody battle some 35,000 Allies valiantly ... 1944. He said: "On the beaches of Normandy, in the seas beyond and in the skies overhead, our Armed Forces carried out their duty with ...