Day, June 6, 1944, one of the most intense battles unfolded at La Fière Bridge, a key crossing in Normandy. The 82nd Airborne ...

The Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville has opened up a new 3D exhibit to help people learn about D-Day. On June 6, 1944, members of the 82nd Airborne Division fell from the sky ...

D-Day veteran Bill Gladden speaking at his home in Haverhill, England, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Gladden spoke to the AP on the eve of his 100th birthday, he is a veteran of the 6th Airborne Armoured ...

Seventy-five years ago, on June 6, 1944, 60,000 American servicemen joined Allied forces as part of the D-Day invasion to liberate German-occupied France. Among the Americans were about 12,000 men … ...

Airborne forces started dropping just hours before the larger D-Day invasion, which began on June 6, 1944. The landings took place at around 7AM.

For those who can’t make the trip, veterans and civilians alike, a new exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Army, “D-Day: Freedom From Above,” will help people to understand, through ...

This 3,500-square-foot exhibit will focus on the D-Day missions of the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first French town to be liberated, by utilizing tablets running ...

The jump wings awarded to Lee Jackson Bowers, a first lieutenant, who participated in D-Day airborne operations on June 6, 1944. (Sgt. 1st Class Ian Morales/11th Airborne Division) ...