After thinking he was too young to receive France's Legion of Honor when he served in World War II, British Marine veteran ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jun 5, 2020 Jun 5, 2020 0 On June 6, 1944, Allies staged the opening invasion of France on a 100-mile front along the Normandy ...

On D-Day, a small group of American Army Rangers was sent on one of the most dangerous missions of World War II. Led by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder and First Sergeant Leonard Lamel, they were ...

We walk the shores of Normandy where history shifted on D-Day during World War II. Filmed in 4K, these locations reveal how terrain, distance, and geography shaped one of the most decisive operations ...

Francis "Jim" Grant, a Royal Marine and one of the last surviving British D-Day soldiers, died last week at 101.

Leaders, veterans and visitors from around the world paid tribute Thursday to the D-Day generation in moving ceremonies on and around the Normandy beaches where the Allies landed exactly 80 years ago, ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Saturday afternoon was a very special day for a 100-year-old D-Day veteran. Richard Fazzio, a lifelong Woonsocket resident who piloted a Navy boat during the first wave ...

Retired Air Force Captain Jerry Neal is one of about 1,200 living World War II veterans in Tennessee Neal regularly speaks about his combat service in part to represent "young people that went into ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. (WIBW) - A U.S. Army hero from World War II who also served in the Korean War has died, officials announced Wednesday. Charles Norman Shay, a Native American who risked his life to ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout continues to look at those from Licking County who lost their lives in World War II.

World War II veteran Elmer Slyer turned 100 years old on Jan. 8.