Paddy the Pigeon, who was hatched in Co Antrim, was the fastest of the flock when he was released on June 6, 1944, to deliver the news of the successful D-Day landings back to England.

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a decorated World War II hero. Kerchner, a lieutenant in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, played a crucial role in the D-Day assault on Pointe du Hoc, scaling cliffs under heavy fire and disabling German ...

William Gosch of North Tonawanda is a 101-year-old World War II combat veteran, and a subject of a California artist's project that combines history and art.

EXCLUSIVE: Hero Second World War veterans have forced the Government into a hugely embarrassing and deeply-damaging U-turn on ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy ... Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's ...

The National World War II Museum in New Orleans has received a Warehouse District property donation to expand the museum’s ...

World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat.

The National D-Day Memorial's annual Family Day is a joyous event where kids and adults together can get a glimpse of life at ...

Friends of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines have launched a fundraiser to honor George Kerchner, a longtime Ocean Pines resident and decorated World War II hero, with a ...