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America’s heroes went ashore during the D-Day invasion from an armada that included USS LST 393. That ship will again host a ...
The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books ...
Rung, 100, died of natural causes on May 23 at the Covenant Living at Windsor Park retirement community in Carol Stream, ...
Featured video is from some local members of the team visiting the BLOOM studio. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (BLOOM) — Four women ...
The 81st anniversary of the Allied landing at Normandy will be marked with special events of reflection and remembrance at ...
Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion ...
Leonard Charles Groeger was among three from Northampton County who died on Omaha Beach fighting for the 1st Infantry ...
Michael Soares and his daughter Abbie, 17, of Bloomington have been studying D-Day casualty Private Cecil Toler of Charleston for a research project in which they will present their findings in June ...
At the annual meeting of the Fairmount Cemetery Association in May 1939, Bob Haseltine Jr. was appointed as the official caretaker. Nine years later, he was buried in the back row.
If you’ve ever visited Normandy, where the American-led freedom crusade launched the multifaceted assaults that ultimately ...
The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link ...
Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set ...