CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division commemorating the impending 80th anniversary of D-Day jumped out of helicopters Sunday and attacked mock targets in ...

From the night drops of June 6, 1944, to their iconic role in liberating Normandy, the 101st Airborne became one of the most recognized units of D-Day. This look compares their actions during the ...

Of those listed, one of the first guys to get involved with the D-Day invasion was Wayne Tuttle. A paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, his C-47 airplane actually left England at 10 p.m. the night ...

Join us as we step back in time to June 7, 1944, in the small village of Turqueville, Normandy. This episode of WW2 Wayfinder uncovers the story behind one of the most famous photographs of the 101st ...

The June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy involved the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, ...

Amfreville, Normandy, France, June 5, 1994: Parachutes glide toward earth as some 550 paratroopers reenact the 101st Airborne Division D-Day jump. Nineteen of them were veterans of the actual landing ...

Actors from Band of Brothers television series holding a commemorative 48 star firebrand flag in the jump landing zone outside of Carentan, France. Members of the 101st and 82nd airborne, Firebrand ...

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vince Speranza, 98, jumped from the sky once more on Saturday more than 75 years after the veteran paratrooper made training jumps ...

An Ohio veteran who parachuted in the D-Day invasion of Normandy is celebrating his 101st birthday. Jim “Pee Wee” Martin enlisted in the Army in 1942 when he was 20 years old soon after World War II ...