Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paratrooper Michael Willetts died in 1971 protecting civilians from an IRA bomb On May 25, 1971, Sergeant Michael Willetts of the ...

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them ...

Martin’s regiment was the first to train at the camp, earning him the honor of being a “Toccoa Original.” These men were the first to endure the tough and strict training regiment, paving the way for ...

CHEF DU PONT, France -- Seventy years after American Soldiers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment dropped from the sky to liberate Chef Du Pont during the World War II invasion of Normandy, a ...

During their time in England, these Paratroopers became an integral part of the Quorn community. Many married several local women. This was not specific to the 505th PIR, but across the 82nd Airborne ...

Roy Hanna didn’t feel the rifle bullet as it struck his chest on a rainy battlefield near Anzio, Italy. He felt nothing as the bullet slipped between his ribs and pierced his right lung. But he heard ...

Veterans gathered at Old Sarum on Wednesday, May 20, to mark the 50th anniversary of the disbandment of the Parachute ...