World War II Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105
World War II Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105.
Timothy Dill, inspired by 9/11 and his family's military legacy, will oversee military and civilian workforce policies as ...
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This is where US bazookas destroyed Nazi tanks in WWII
Behind the Iron Mike statue at La Fière, we revisit the 82nd Airborne’s fight to hold a bridgehead from June 6-9, 1944 and compare wartime images with what still stands today. Moving along the exposed ...
Eighty years ago today, German artillery opened fire on an inexperienced American division that had been at the front for ...
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How US paratroopers heroically stopped the Nazi advance
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, I take you to the Belgian town of Trois Ponts, where the 82nd Airborne Division played a ...
On the eve of America’s semiquincentennial, the U.S. Military Academy is honoring its forefathers as it faces off against the ...
Like the other major airborne division of the US Army, the 82nd "All American", which was activated as an infantry division on August 25, 1917 (after the country's entry into the World War I), the ...
Staff Sgt. William Owens' Silver Star was posthumously upgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross 81 years after his actions during World War II. Owens played a crucial role in securing the La Fière ...
RAMSTEIN, Germany — Dozens of Army museums around the world dedicated to units, some among the most storied in the service, will disappear over the next three years as part of cost-cutting and efforts ...
The 82nd Airborne Division held a memorial ceremony to honor fallen paratroopers. The ceremony recognized paratroopers killed in combat and training accidents. Five names were added to the division's ...
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