POW Gets a Pair of Jump Boots, the Best Gift a WWII Vet Could Want Albert "Ken" Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on April 2, 1945 -- the same day he was liberated from a Nazi...
D-Day Vets in Britain Honor Comrades as 13 Names Are Added to a Memorial With medals pinned to their chests, two D-Day veterans proudly represented their comrades as 13 new names were added Tuesday...
A British D-Day Veteran Celebrates Turning 100, But the Big Event Is Yet to Come He really wants to attend the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6.
Irish Woman Whose Weather Forecast Changed the Course of D-Day Dies at 100 Maureen Sweeney's weather dispatch from the lighthouse was a crucial warning to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, convincing him to...
Navy Sailor Recalls What Storming Omaha Beach on D-Day Was Like A year after joining the Navy the day after graduating high school, Robert Curl of Alabama found himself on Omaha Beach...
Medic in Black D-Day Unit, Long Denied the Medal of Honor, Gets Wide Backing for Nation's Highest Military Honor A growing chorus of historians, members of Congress and the U.S. First Army are pressing the case for Waverly B. Woodson Jr...
A Black Medic Wounded on D-Day Honored for Treating Dozens of Troops Under Enemy Fire Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was a 21-year-old Army medic assigned to the only African American combat unit to land in...
A D-Day Vet Escapes to Normandy Beach in Heartwarming New Michael Caine Movie "The Great Escaper," a new movie from Pathé Films, stars Michael Caine as Jordan, retelling the story of his "great escape"...
At Normandy D-Day Celebrations, Echoes of Ukraine's Looming Fight There are no Ukrainian troops present at this year's commemorations of the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, which launched...
A World War II Veteran Escaped from a Nursing Home for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day After being denied a trip to return to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the event with the Royal British Legion, World...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...