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...
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...
Soldier Recounts Ammunition Run to Resupply Troops After D-Day After the breakout of D-Day, Capt. "Squeak" Greenip led E Company, 8th Infantry as it tried to shore up control of the...
A D-Day Vet Finally Gets His Bronze Star and Purple Heart After 78 Years The Army says an administrative error in processing Kellerman's records was the reason for the delay.
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...