100-Year-Old British D-Day Veteran Dies Before He Can Honor Fallen Comrades One More Time British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days...
D-Day Vets in Britain Honor Comrades as 13 Names Are Added to a Memorial With medals pinned to their chests, two D-Day veterans proudly represented their comrades as 13 new names were added Tuesday...
A British D-Day Veteran Celebrates Turning 100, But the Big Event Is Yet to Come He really wants to attend the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6.
Irish Woman Whose Weather Forecast Changed the Course of D-Day Dies at 100 Maureen Sweeney's weather dispatch from the lighthouse was a crucial warning to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, convincing him to...
Navy Sailor Recalls What Storming Omaha Beach on D-Day Was Like A year after joining the Navy the day after graduating high school, Robert Curl of Alabama found himself on Omaha Beach...
Medic in Black D-Day Unit, Long Denied the Medal of Honor, Gets Wide Backing for Nation's Highest Military Honor A growing chorus of historians, members of Congress and the U.S. First Army are pressing the case for Waverly B. Woodson Jr...
A World War II Veteran Escaped from a Nursing Home for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day After being denied a trip to return to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the event with the Royal British Legion, World...
D-Day Veteran of the 101st Airborne, Jim 'Pee Wee' Martin, Dies at 101 On June 6, 1944, James Martin was among the first Allied paratroopers to jump into Normandy with the 101st Airborne, 506th...
An American GI Describes 'Hellish' D-Day Invasion Joseph A. Dragotto provides a compelling foxhole-level account of a seasoned American G.I. on the business end of a rifle...
D-Day Story: Roger Airgood Roger Airgood entered the Army Air Corps at Chanute Field, Illinois, on May 22, 1939. I remained in the service until going...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...