NORMANDY — As a student of military history, especially World War II, I had longed to perhaps someday visit Normandy, the ...

On June 6, 1944, 22-year-old Victor Nelson was the eighth paratrooper to jump in the blackness covering the coastline of ...

San Jose held its 105th Veterans Day Parade on Monday, despite a downpour. Riding in a red Mercedes was 100-year-old former ...

Leonard T. Schroeder Jr. holds a unique place in history as the first Allied soldier to set foot on Normandy during D-Day.

When the military took over Joseph Spillane's college, he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. The Mystic resident fought in ...

The remains of a U.S. soldier who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy during World War II have returned to ...

French officials have ‘relaunched’ a bid to have the D-Day landing beaches protected by UNESCO World Heritage listing.

Omaha. Utah. To many citizens of recent generations educated in the United States, Omaha and Utah are simply a city and a ...

Chandler, who served aboard a British motor torpedo boat during the invasion of Normandy that began on June 6, 1944, was one ...

One of the oldest surviving veterans of the Second World War tells MARCO GIANNANGELI and GARY BRIDSON-DALEY of his dismay at ...

The aging West Haven VA Medical Center is going to be seriously rebuilt and more and more affordable veterans’ housing is ...