On June 6, 1944, James Martin was among the first Allied paratroopers to jump into Normandy with the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. At 19 years old, he had trained for that moment ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the 80th commemoration of D-Day approaches on June 6 a group of veterans in the 82nd Airborne traveled to Normandy for a series of tributes and celebrations. One North ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Army Staff Sergeant Al Fleming knew he was destined to serve his country. After all, his father was a Marine who fought in Korea. His stepfather and all of his uncles were also ...

Boyton “Roby” Robson and his skydiving tandem drift to the ground during a jump on Aug. 24 at Skydive Indianapolis in Frankfort. Robson, a veteran of the 11th Airborne Division in the U.S. Army, ...

When 20-year-old Ed Harm landed in the Caribbean nation of Grenada in October 1983, he first noticed the heat. As the doors to the military aircraft he was aboard opened, Harm saw and heard tracer ...

Eighty years ago, the liberation of Europe from the horrors of the Nazis began with Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Nearly 200,000 thousand soldiers, principally Americans, Brits ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KDVR) — Aug. 16, 1940 was ...

ROCHESTER — Don Monson never told his mother. His dad, when he got wind of it, didn't want him to go. He was too young to join the Army. “I wanted to get in there and help,” said Monson, a Zumbrota ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - This week marks National Salute to Veteran Patients Week. It’s a time to honor the sacrifices of those who have served in the military. At VA Dorn Hospital in Columbia, members ...

In response to concerns over possible adverse effects of exposures to emissions from open burn pits used in Southwest Asia military operations, Congress passed PL 112-260, §201, which directed the ...

Editor’s Note: This article was published as part of a content-sharing agreement between Army Times and The Fayetteville Observer. When 20-year-old Ed Harm landed in the Caribbean nation of Grenada in ...