The event took years to plan, months to prepare, weeks to position and practice—and one day to execute. On the early evening of June 5, 2019, as clouds brooded over the Normandy countryside, a ...
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 ...
It was the operation credited with helping end the deadliest war in human history, World War II. It was also the operation that launched the storied history of Fort Campbell's famed 101st Airborne ...
“This is just a light mist,” Chief Warrant Officer Four Mike Rich yelled to a few hundred Paratroopers standing on the tarmac in Cherbourg, France, as the dark skies above them began to open, “We’re ...
The twin engines of Douglas, C-47 Skytrains cut through the dead of night silence as the aircrafts journey through the sky, across the English Channel. Mission Boston is given the green light at 1:51 ...
14426143 Signalman Danny Lyons - Royal Signals Regiment - Advanced Party, 6 Airborne Div.HQ The thunderous roar of engines and the buffeting of the wind filled Danny’s ears, as the aircraft bounced ...
Actors from Band of Brothers television series holding a commemorative 48 star firebrand flag in the jump landing zone outside of Carentan, France. Members of the 101st and 82nd airborne, Firebrand ...
2019-05-25T21:59:49-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/a4a/20190525220442003_hd.jpgProduced by the U.S. Army Air Forces, this film details the planning, training ...
It was both a nod to the past, and a celebration of the future. 101st Airborne Division troops who spent the week in Normandy, France, this week as part of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of ...
Originally scheduled for release in 2002, then delayed until 2003, All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy hasn't really been heard of since, but Shrapnel Games wanted to let us know that the ...
All American: The 82nd Airborne In Normandy will soon begin to ship! Yeah, that's what we'd like to lead off a press release with but unfortunately it won't be this press release. We'll let those of ...