Data: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Map: Axios Visuals As the nation remembers D-Day on Friday's 81st anniversary, a dwindling number of World War II veterans remain with us. About 300 WWII ...

BEDFORD, VA – 81 years after D-Day, the veterans are fewer, but the purpose remains. “Fewer and fewer of these heroic men are here to receive our thanks and to tell their story of a day that changed ...

In 1946, officials sorted the remains into four Unknowns — X-53, X-83, X-83B and X-83C — which were interred at Normandy ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach under heavy fire on D-Day will receive an award for self-sacrifice and public service from the ...

Colleville-sur-Mer, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach under heavy fire on D-Day will receive an award for self-sacrifice and public service on Saturday ...

TAMPA, Fla. — World War II veterans will be back on the beaches of Normandy, France on Friday, marking 81 years since D-Day. On June 6th, 1944, allied forces launched the massive invasion that helped ...

Some World War II veterans have landed in France to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day on Friday. A group of about two dozen veterans who served in Europe and the Pacific traveled back to the once ...

Sheboygan WWII veteran Staff Sgt. Leonard Ploeckelman will be posthumously honored with a Congressional Gold Medal. Ploeckelman was a U.S. Army Ranger who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He served ...