Compton was a first lieutenant in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Army's 101st Airborne Division - one of the men who gained late-in-life renown when they ...

Veterans were gathering Friday on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War ...

A number of blogs and Telegram channels on Monday reported the death of the commander of one of Russia's most famous combat units, the 76th Guards Airborne Airborne Assault Division (also known as the ...