WFRV Local 5 on MSN3h
World War II veteran Rueben Kolpack celebrates 104th Birthday
World War II combat veteran Rueben Kolpack celebrated his 104th birthday on Wednesday, March 19. In the days leading up to ...
Travel Bucketlist on MSN4d
Normandy Beaches: Walking in the Footsteps of D-Day Soldiers in France
Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, ...
Orange County Register9mon
80 years later, memories of D-Day invasion, sacrifice remain strong
This week, about 150 World War II veterans – likely the last large gathering of this generation of heroes – are visiting the beaches of Normandy and participating in several days of ...
The New York Sun5d
Communist China Envisioning Supersized Landing Ships To Put Troops and Vehicles Ashore in Any Invasion of Free China
A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.
BBC7d
D-Day 75: How was the biggest ever seaborne invasion launched?
Britain and its Second World War allies had been planning the biggest ... Image caption, CRAB TANK: The exits to the Normandy beaches were littered with mines. This tank had a fitted flail ...
TribLIVE.com9mon
Surviving veterans of D-Day invasion return to Normandy for 80th anniversary
Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Today, Goss is one of an estimated 100 to 150 World War II veterans returning there for ...
ABC News27d
WWII veteran marks milestone birthday, celebrates turning 100
Felix Maurizio returned to the beach in Normandy for the first time since 1944 when he was 19 and fought there during World War II, manning a landing craft on Omaha Beach. Military service members ...