Aged 99, D-Day veteran Ken Cooke has outlived almost every comrade but refuses to be called a hero. To mark the 80th ...

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 ...

While memories fade of wartime life, iconic photographs from the past serve as an important reminder of the haunting reality.

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Using the analogy of the Allied troops storming the beach at Normandy during the 1944 D-Day invasion, Padfield said, "Could you imagine if the Allied forces just ...

IVOR Carter, 83, was barely three years old on VE Day, May 8, 1945. He doesn’t remember much but he does recall celebrations ...

A special beacon was lit at a lighting ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Dozens of ...

As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, World War II survivors reflect on painful memories shaped by the German occupation of the country and the ...

Ken Cooke on the beaches of Normandy ahead of VE Day 80 commemorations ... the trip and at each stop he is thanked and asked for photos and handshakes. He never says no and always has a joke ...

LONDON — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s ...