The experience at battle solidified Howard Buford’s approach to life. ‘I don’t carry grudges around. I don’t carry anger around.” ...
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How US soldiers stayed warm during WWII winters
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, we step back into December 1944 to examine what soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division actually wore as they marched into the Bastogne perimeter. Using original ...
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What WWII paratroopers carried into battle
We sit down in Northern Ireland with the Grüne Teufel living-history group to unpack what made Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6 distinct on the Cotentin in June 1944—facing the U.S. 101st Airborne from ...
On the eve of America’s semiquincentennial, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is honoring its forefathers as it prepares to face off against the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday. In its 10th ...
Since its inception, the 101st Airborne Division — made even more famous by Stephen Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” — has fought in every major war, from jumping behind the lines on D-Day to fighting in ...
Under artillery fire in frozen Belgium, combat medics established battlefield medicine standards still used today.
Amid the hardships of the war, Christmas dinner became an annual reprieve for far-flung troops across the globe.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — A World War II veteran from Murfreesboro celebrates his 101st birthday Friday, sharing stories that span more than a century and revealing his secrets to longevity. John ...
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - The 101st Airborne Division, a force in America's major conflicts since World War II, is seeing its worst casualties in a decade as the U.S. surge in Afghanistan turns into the ...
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How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII
In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...
An attorney representing jailed election-denier Tina Peters has backed sending in the U.S. military to bust his client out of prison, where she is currently languishing after being convicted over her ...
"D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge--the US Airborne divisions were integral at all these major points in World War II. But they also played a significant role in North Africa, where ...
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