A 97-year-old World War II veteran returned to Normandy on the most recent anniversary of the D-Day landings to re-create his parachute jump. Former paratrooper Tom Rice did return to Normandy on June ...
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many ...
They traveled from as far as Las Vegas and for some, it will be a first visit. From Alabama to Nevada, they are the modest heroes who did something extraordinary nearly 75 years ago-- fighting on ...
US soldiers assist American WWII veteran Fred Taylor during a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in ...