Vincent Speranza, the American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades during the Battle of the Bulge, died Wednesday at the age of 98, the 18th Airborne ...
This film retells the desperate night when American paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines during World War II’s D-Day invasion. It follows the men of the 82nd and 101st Airborne along with the ...
In the woods near a former World War II drop zone, the soil still holds the scattered remains of a chaotic night in the air. Cap badges, buckles, and personal kit pieces begin to surface, each item ...
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 ...
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 ...