Tag: World War II
Lt. Col. John Powell: Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Now Leads Tours...
Photo: Military Historical Tours.
Interview conducted in 2006 for Recon Magazine.
Lt. Col. Powell flew Cobra gunships and light observation helicopters in Vietnam in 1968-1969 while...
American Airlines honors veterans with special journey to Normandy for the...
Article courtesy of American Airlines
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines proudly announces a historic endeavor to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day...
Charles Norman Shay: Hero of D-Day
Charles Norman Shay: Hero of D-Day
Unlike many divisions landing on D-Day on June 6, 1944, the U.S. First Infantry Division, nicknamed The Big...
Michelin North America Sponsors WWII Veterans Embarking on Milestone Return to...
Photo and article courtesy of Michelin.
GREENVILLE, S.C., April 15, 2024 – Michelin North America, Inc., has partnered with the Best Defense Foundation and Delta...
7 Misconceptions About the D-Day Landing at Omaha Beach
On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 soldiers from the United States and other allied nations invaded the coast of France to overthrow the...
Rear Adm. Charles Grojean: Submariner Who Headed the Nimitz Foundation
One of the U.S. Navy’s submarine leaders has been the driving force behind the Nimitz Foundation and National Museum of the Pacific War, retired...
US Navy Memorial Postpones Normandy Lone Sailor Dedication to 2022
The United States Navy Memorial will postpone the official ceremony of the Normandy Lone Sailor statue dedication due to the ongoing pandemic. The Dedication...
Wounded Iwo Jima Marine Saw Flag Raised
Don Whipple grew up on a farm in western Kansas, never realizing he would play a role in one of the most famous battles...
The Maisy Battery
(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)
Sometime in 1943 the German occupying force in Normandy began construction of a coastal gun battery near the inland village of...
Bloody Omaha, Part II
2nd in the Series...
IV
After baulking at American proposals for eighteen months, serious planning for a cross-Channel attack began in December of 1943, after the...
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