Step into a WWII paratrooper's shoes on a one-of-a-kind flight experience. Board a restored C-47 Skytrain and immerse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "parachute landing fall" is just the same: How to absorb the impact without breaking their legs. Learning how to pull out of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. Col. Gerhard L. Bolland was a proud Norwegian American from the farming town of Madison, Minnesota. He started his military ...

This film retells the desperate night when American paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines during World War II’s D-Day invasion. It follows the men of the 82nd and 101st Airborne along with the ...

An entire week of events to honor and celebrate military members and families kicked off Monday at Fort Bragg with the 4-mile All-American Run. An entire week of events to honor and celebrate military ...

Editor’s Note: As the 80th anniversary of D-Day nears, the global fight for democracy continues. CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper speaks with World War II veterans and ...

Some aging residents of Ste.-Mère-Église in Normandy can still recall the American paratroopers who dropped into their backyard. It’s been a love affair ever since. A parade of the military vehicles ...

Master Sgt. (ret.) Russ Battiato reads a memorial for 99-year-old paratrooper Sgt. Maj. John Brown at the Iron Mike monument in Normandy, France on June 6, 2024. Brown died three weeks before the 80th ...

FRAMINGHAM — They don’t make them like Charlie Audet anymore. Audet, who died on Memorial Day, was a true American hero. He survived numerous dangerous missions as a paratrooper in World War II, ...

On the morning of D-Day, an extraordinary coincidence unfolded near Picauville in Normandy. Lieutenant Malcolm Brannan of the 82nd Airborne, separated from his unit after the night jump, stumbled upon ...

As a young man, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Connor Cozad grew up watching Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO miniseries depicting the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry ...