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D-Day soldier awarded Distinguished Service Cross after 81 years
Decades after Staff Sgt. William Owens' heroic actions at La Fiere Bridge, his Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded thanks to the efforts of a veteran.
By Dave Kindy
How some bra-wearing pigeons saved thousands of lives during WWII
Not even Alfred Hitchcock could have concocted the avian idea.
Eisenhower Memorial honors president, WWII Allied commander in chief
President Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower will be honored Sept. 17 at the long-awaited opening ceremony of the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C.
By Jared Morgan
Robert Kehoe, ‘Jedburgh’ radioman who jumped into Nazi-controlled France after D-Day, has died
Robert Kehoe, a radioman in the clandestine Office of Strategic Services "Jedburgh" teams during WWII, passed away Friday at the age of 98.
By Jared Morgan
‘Iconic’ WWII battleship discovered nearly 3 miles beneath the surface
“Nevada is an iconic ship that speaks to American resilience and stubbornness.”
By J.D. Simkins
How one organization is working to correct cases of Jewish WWII soldiers mistakenly buried under Latin Cross headstones
“It is very important for us for a soldier who lived and died as an American be acknowledged for posterity as an American. It is also equally important for us that a soldier who lived and died as a Jew, be recognized as a Jew.”
By Dylan Gresik
US warship boards small boat and seizes Iranian anti-tank guided missiles among other advanced weaponry
Weapons and sensitive tech captured during the ship boarding included 150 Dehlavieh anti-tank guided missiles, three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, Iranian thermal scopes, and Iranian parts for unmanned systems, among other advanced parts.
By Shawn Snow
Last D-Day Pathfinder pilot flies C-47 aircraft this weekend
Hamilton is going to fly the plane just as WWII paratrooper re-enactors plan to stage an airdrop over Frederick, Oklahoma. The event is part of a celebration planned for Hamilton by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team and will depart from World War II-era Frederick Army Air Field from an original wooden hanger.
By Kristine Froeba
The backstory behind 97-year-old Tom Rice’s D-Day 75th anniversary jump over Normandy
It all started at an air show in California last fall when two strangers bonded on the tarmac over a love of aviation.
By Natalie Gross
D-Day at 75: Nations honor veterans, memory of fallen
With silent remembrance and respect, nations honored the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day, the assault that portended the fall of Hitler’s Third Reich.
Memories of the Longest Day still linger for these D-Day survivors
As celebrations take place in France and around America honoring the men and women who took part in that mission on its 75th anniversary, there are fewer and fewer who remember it firsthand. Grapes, 98 and living in Houma, Louisiana, is one of five American D-Day survivors to share those recollections with Military Times.
By Brian Mackley