Three airborne ... division’s D-Day mission, codenamed “Albany,” sent 6,928 paratroopers into a series of drop zones just inland from Utah Beach. These men carried the standard variety of ...

On June 6, 1944, James Martin was among the first Allied paratroopers to jump into Normandy with the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment ... only survived D-Day; he would later ...

On this 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the above classic addresses by Presidents Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan remain the most compelling and dramatic D-Day speeches of all those before, or ...

He was in HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division ... He joined up with them in January 1944. On D-Day, the 116th went into combat with ...

More than 80 years ago, on June 6, 1944, Allied troops launched a bold assault on the beaches of Normandy, France, marking a ...

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment ... the first soldiers to begin the D-Day invasion. In response to news of Martin’s death, the 101st Airborne released a statement ...

Officially dubbed "The Champagne Bowl," it was a game between the 506th ... Airborne Divisions square off in Normandy every year as part of the massive commemoration of the June 6, 1944, D-Day ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Combat Air Museum welcomed a historic World War II plane Monday. Two groups of passionate reenactors have followed to bring the exhibit to life. Airborne Division, Dog ...

Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day ... The U.S. 82nd Infantry Division was redesignated and the 101st was activated Aug. 15, 1942, as the Army’s first airborne divisions.

D-Day will be celebrated June 6 ... The series follows the “Easy” Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, including the story of a paratrooper ...