Church at center of the D-Day invasion honors American paratrooper
The bond between a Normandy town and the Americans who liberated it is memorialized in a unique way -- on a church where an American paratrooper found refuge 75 years ago.
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Trump, other leaders mark D-Day’s 75th anniversary in Normandy, France
President Trump planned to join other world leaders in Europe on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, a monumental event that was largely responsible for shaping the outcome of World War II.
D-Day veteran, 97, parachutes into Normandy 75 years later: ‘I’d go up and do it all again’
Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group after group of parachutists, a couple of hundred in all - including a 97-year-old D-Day veteran, Tom Rice.
D-Day veteran’s grandson recalls ‘vivid’ letters of ‘striking images’ from Omaha Beach
After fighting with the Allies on D-Day, Navy sailor Bill Svrluga Sr. wrote letters that "vividly" recounted the horrors he witnessed, his grandson said.
Calls grow to drop case against US Marine and activists in North Korean embassy intrusion
The Justice Department is charging two men accused of intruding into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and grabbing computers, thumb drives and a cell phone that they then handed over to the FBI.
Last surviving Doolittle Raider from attack on Japan remembered
Lt. Col. Richard Cole, the last surviving Doolittle Raider, is to be remembered at a memorial in Texas.
WWII veteran, 95, takes four buses to march after New Zealand mosque shootings
A 95-year-old World War II veteran rode four buses to attend a solidarity march against racism in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday in response to the Christchurch mosque attacks. Â 
D-Day stamp mix-up leads to apology from Britain’s postal service
Britain’s postal service issued an apology to veterans Friday over a botched stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing next year.
Balangiga bells returned to Philippines by US more than a century later
Three war-trophy church bells seized by U.S. troops more than a century ago were returned to the Philippines Tuesday morning. Two of the Bells of Balangiga, pictured, were at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the third was with the U.S. Army in South Korea.
US Special Forces troops seek visas for family of heroic Iraqi interpreter
Several U.S. Special Forces troops have been petitioning for a special visa for the family of an heroic Iraqi interpreter killed in a 2007 suicide blast whose last words were, "Take care of my son. Take care of my wife," Stars and Stripes reported Thursday.
Family of deceased Iraqi man who helped US troops, awaiting immigration visa
Several U.S. Special Forces troops have been petitioning for a special visa for the family of an heroic Iraqi interpreter killed in a 2007 suicide blast whose last words were, "Take care of my son. Take care of my wife," Stars and Stripes reported Thursday.
North Korea returned 1 dog tag with 55 sets of soldier remains, US official says
North Korea last week returned 55 boxes said to contain the remains of U.S. service members who fought in the Korean War. But only a single dog tag was included in the delivery -- with no other information to help identify each individual, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.
North Korea yet to make good on promise to return US soldiers’ remains
More than one month after the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, North Korea has yet to make good on its promise to return the remains of American war dead.