WWII veteran Jake Larson, known as "Papa Jake," shares his powerful message about freedom, war, and what Independence Day ...

Friday, June 6 marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the massive Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 that became one of the most defining moments of World War II.

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The Globe has reported many of the stories of local veterans of World War II. Airmen in the Doolittle Raid on Japan, sailors ...

After 24 years since its disappearance, a family from Central Illinois was reunited with a Purple Heart from World War II.

President Eisenhower, the former Supreme Allied Commander of World War 2, once walked out of a D-Day classic movie he almost starred in. By George Simpson, Film & Music Editor.

Eighty-one years ago, the Normandy beaches witnessed a pivotal moment in World War II. D-Day marked the start of Operation Overlord. Allied forces from the US, UK, and Canada landed on five Normandy ...

World War II veteran John “Harry” Kellers beamed from his folding chair Sunday morning, underneath a shade tent in the ...

The medal belonged to Army Private John L. Moore, a D-Day survivor who earned the Purple Heart after being wounded during ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold ... Army Rangers led the way.” It was during the D-Day invasion on the beaches of ...

Today marks the anniversary of one of the greatest achievements of World War II. On this day 81 years ago the Allied Forces ...