Leslie Palmer Cruise Jr., an 89-year-old World War II veteran from Horsham, Pennsylvania, salutes the gravesite of Pfc. Richard Vargas during a wreath laying ceremony at Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France on June 2nd, 2014. Both Cruise and…
Veteran paratrooper Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, who jumped into Normandy on D-Day, is returning to coastal France to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion that changed the course of World War II. Martin, who spoke in an interview ahead…
The mention of “D-Day” conjures iconic images of men storming a beach riddled with barbed wire, smoke and craters created by German mortar batteries; of men advancing toward machine gun nests and acts of heroism as they made their way…
For me, tomorrow’s ceremony honoring World War II U.S. Army Air Forces airmen interned as prisoners in Switzerland is the culmination of nearly fifteen years of effort. It began with my own curiosity about my late grandfather, Army Air Force…
Retired Staff Sgt. Waldrop, now 91 years old and living in St. Helena Island, S.C., vividly remembers details of his experience during World War II. “Have you ever seen airliners go across with their condensation trails? Can you picture half…
Former Force Recon Marine and Private Military Contractor Travis Haley recounts the Battle of Najaf, Iraq in April 2004. Be sure to watch the end.
