Visit to Buenos Aires, An Argentine Adventure
By Jerry Bastarache
When a cold winter chills your soul, get yourself down to Argentina as quick as you can. Below the equator, it is...
USS Yorktown Part of Charleston’s Harbor
Yorktown (CV-10, CVS-10)
The aircraft carrier Yorktown, now moored in Charleston harbor, is the fourth US Navy ship to bear that name and the second...
Traffic Conditions for D-Day’s 75th Anniversary
D-Day Overlord
There have been more restrictions on motor vehicle traffic for the 75th anniversary of D-Day events in...
D-Day in France: June 3-4 Updates
By Kevin Dennehy
CAEN, France--After a flight from Montreal, Canada, to Paris, rented a car and drove to Caen from DeGualle Airport in about two...
Normandy Chateau Housed Famous Journalist Camp
VOUILLY, France—Some of the biggest names in journalism camped out in tents in front of a medieval chateau while covering the epic battles of...
The Saga of the U-505
Late in the forenoon watch on Sunday, June 4, 1944, a sonar man on USS Chatelain reported a suspicious contact 800 yards off the...
Military History Sites to Visit in Chicago
(Photo courtesy of Marcus Qwertyus, Wikimedia)
If you fly into either of Chicago’s main airports, there is military history associated with each.
O’Hare International Airport is...
Additional Airborne Sites West of the Merderet River
Additional Airborne Sites West of the Merderet River
In addition to the Merderet River crossing sites we list in the “D-Day Visitor’s Handbook,” there are...