The netting seen on WWII paratrooper helmets wasn't just for show—it served multiple critical functions. From breaking up the helmet's silhouette to reducing glare and securing additional camouflage, ...

He was highly skilled and very knowledgeable about fighting,” T said. “On the other hand, he was very human and treated us as ...

DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — Ben Buitenhuis doesn’t get hungry. He never really has since the end of World War II, when he had to use his wits to scavenge for milk powder or wait in line for a ...

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Elias Hernandez was a World War II paratrooper, making his first jump at the age of 19. The last jump he made was to celebrate his 90th birthday. Hernandez returned from the Kansas Honor Flight on ...

“I was on the side and this little old lady just took my hand,” said Cantrell, a Tennessee-born paratrooper from ... Then, a convoy of World War II-era U.S. Army vehicles from the local ...

The American Airpower Museum (AAM) in Farmingdale, New York, continues its popular “C-47 D-Day Living History Flight Experience” with four 2025 dates to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of ...

WASHINGTON — The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Willard D. Merrill, 21, of Dover-Foxcroft, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been identified and accounted for. Merrill ...

His was a story that was sadly too familiar during World War II – a native son who never returned home. Emery O. Picotte, a paratrooper with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, was killed in action ...

Joe Harris, WWII's oldest surviving paratrooper, was laid to rest recently. He was a part of the Army's all-Black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.