That is, if they made it ashore at all. Many men drowned when their landing craft were swamped by seawater in the choppy English Channel. Weighed down by a hundred pounds of gear strapped to their ...

Staff Sgt. William D. Owen's Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during WWII. (Courtesy 505th Regimental Combat Team/James J. Ricci family ...

Capt. Leonard Schroeder Jr. was the first of about 21,000 4th Infantry Division soldiers to land on Utah Beach in France on June 6, 1944. He made the trip among nervous men in the dark, who prayed ...

The Birth of Military Protests Much of modern military protest traces back to the original Bonus Army, according to James Ridgway, a veterans law scholar and lecturer at George Washington University.

The Army West Point Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen played a men’s lacrosse game for the ages this weekend. Feb. 26, 2012; Syracuse Orange, NY: Army Black Knights junior Garrett Thul (9 ...

U.S. World War II veteran and Tuskegee Airman Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse salutes as he arrives for a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer ...

The award was the result of a campaign by Dr. Debjeet Sarkar, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who served for 11 years in two combat zones in the Army’s Medical Corps, and Boulder City ...

Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated 200 men during D-Day — all while he was injured. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hosted the posthumous ceremony Tuesday.

Subscribe to Task & Purpose today. Get the latest military news and culture in your inbox daily. The 320th was the only all-Black unit to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

U.S. First Army Maj. Gen. William Ryan gently placed the World War II-era medal on the sand, close to the spot where Woodson is thought to have come ashore on the now-peaceful beach that on D-Day ...

Subscribe to Task & Purpose Today. Get the latest military news and culture in your inbox daily. Gibson’s journey to Normandy was part of the wider 80th anniversary commemorations for D-Day.

U.S. Army veteran Henry Armstrong shakes hands with onlookers during a veterans parade through the streets of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, northwest France, June 5, 2024, as part of D-Day commemorations ...