Some American paratroopers during World War II carried a special first aid packet that contained supplies beyond those found ...

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already begun hours earlier. Thousands of American and British paratroopers were ...

From airborne drops over Europe to the hands of collectors today, the WWII paratrooper helmet is an artifact steeped in history. In this video, we restore and repaint a paratrooper helmet, walking ...

nasmain copy 39088020698452 Donor note: Gift of Norman Polmar. Airborne warfare reached its peak during World War II -- the only war in which the potential gains of using airborne tactics ever ...

James “Pee Wee” Martin, of Sugarcreek Twp., was a member of the 101st Airborne Division on D Day. He and his group jumped 25 miles behind enemy lines the night before the invasion under heavy German ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest ...

HUNTINGTON STATION — Clarence Beavers, the last living member of a pioneering unit that paved the way for the U.S. military's first black paratroopers, has died at age 96. His obituary says Beavers ...

In June 1944, my uncle, Sgt. Louis B. Flores, was a paratrooper serving with Easy Company (alternately with HQ Company) in the 101st Airborne Division during the D-Day invasion at Normandy — later at ...

Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa VICENZA, Italy — Paola Del Din, one of Italy’s most storied World War II partisans and a pioneering figure in airborne history, received the ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108. Harris died March 15 ...