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Double amputee paratrooper trains for historic jump into Normandy
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (1466+ words) By Leslie Herlick May 27, 2026 NORMANDY, France " Fourteen years to the day after an explosion in an Afghan village took both of his legs and nearly his life, former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper Jon Harmon is preparing to step into the door…...
81 years after Iwo, these Marines reunited on Memorial Day " and instantly started trash talking
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (523+ words) Despite 81 years since the island of Iwo Jima was declared secure " and several years since these two Marines last saw one another " the first thing out of their mouths wasn't sentimental, it was trash talk. "Hey, get outta that chair,…...
MRF-SEA Marines and Sailors reflect on sacrifice during visit to Bataan
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (553+ words) More that 80 years later, Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force " Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, traveled to Bataan during Memorial Day weekend to honor the sacrifice, courage and resilience of those who fought there. MRF-SEA conducted a staff…...
Dang Van Phuoc, AP combat photographer who lost an eye in the Vietnam War, dies at 91
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (460+ words) Phuoc died Saturday in Southern California after collapsing suddenly, his nephew, Van Nguyen, said. Phuoc was born in a Vietnamese village near Quang Ngai, south of Da Nang, in 1935 and was the youngest of many siblings. When he was about…...
US filmmaker explores forgotten chapter of WWII
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (269+ words) Inside an abandoned building in a town in Jiangxi province, George Retelas felt something before anyone told him what had happened there. His hosts guided him inside and told him: two US airmen had sheltered here in 1942, cared for by…...
Memorial Day: How one community honors the graves of Revolutionary War veterans
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (352+ words) May 26, 2026, 2: 03 p. m. Memorial Day was first established in the aftermath of the Civil War, but has become a day to mark all those who died serving in the military. As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, Judy Woodruff reports on a local…...
Jim Wren obituary: one of the last of the Allied Japanese Po Ws
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (14+ words) The Times...
Waterloo Iwo Jima Marine gets final "Oorah!
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (957+ words) WATERLOO " David Greene almost didn't live to see his 20th birthday, let alone his 101st. He died April 17. It could have happened 81 years earlier. A artillery shell blast buried him and a fellow Marine buddy alive on Feb. 19, 1945 in the black volcanic…...
The Revolutionary War at Sea
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (316+ words) Gettysburg Connection The colonies immediately recognized the importance of naval warfare Although the 13 colonies had no real naval force, they did have a shipbuilding industry, many merchant vessels that were engaged in domestic and foreign trade, and many captains and…...
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