This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NORMANDY, France — Thursday marks the 75th ...

The remains of a Holliston airman whose plane went down over France in 1944 have been identified, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said. On June 13, 1944, Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Burleigh E.

The ruins left behind after warfare speak a language of their own. Even more strikingly, no matter where the conflict has taken place — whether it’s in northern Europe or the South Pacific, the Middle ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A brief timeline ...

On D-plus-85 General Dwight D. Eisenhower drew up an interim report on the Battle of France: ¶ Twenty German infantry divisions and five armored divisions destroyed; twelve infantry and six Panzer ...

EN ROUTE TO FRANCE – Robert Pedigo had a hunch. He and his bomber crew, based in England, had been flying missions against the Nazis. Then, on a late spring evening in 1944, a commander took each ...

At about 2 a.m. Eastern standard time on June 6, 1944, word began to filter past the censors that something big was happening in a place called Normandy. Ships in New York harbor tooted their horns.

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for ...

DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the ...