On the eve of the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spent the remaining hours of daylight with the paratroopers who were about to jump behind German lines into occupied France. A single moment ...

Paratroopers' Day in pictures: former servicemen celebrate their annual holiday in Russia and Ukraine.

Shortly before 0200 hours on June 6, 1944, the C-47 transport plane neared Normandy and the anti-aircraft fire started to stream up. “What was I doing here?” Sgt. Major Joseph Kissane of the 508th ...

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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...

German General Wilhelm Falley, 91st Air-Landing Infantry Division, had a pretty crappy morning on June 6, 1944. First, he had to leave his headquarters early to make the long drive, easily two hours ...

11. Veteran Julian “Bud” Rice, C-47 pilot who participated in the airdrops on D-Day giving “OK” sign 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Julian “Bud” Rice, veteran C-47 pilot who participated in the airdrops on D ...

Marcouf, a quiet Norman village where some of the most recognizable images of American paratroopers on D-Day were taken by ...

Low clouds, high winds, and German anti-aircraft fire scattered the paratrooper landings as far as 20 kilometers from their target zones. Despite confusion, disorganization and delay, the airborne ...

Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, about 822 planes, carrying 13,000 paratroopers, crossed the English Channel heading for drop zones in Normandy, France. Corporal Victor Nelson of Midland, ...

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — Newly-minted paratroopers graduate from Airborne School at Fort Moore nearly every other Friday. Today’s graduation, including more than 300 soldiers, was extra special. April ...