December 1944-March 1945. "Where in the hell is everybody at?" -- The Spartan -- Thunder from heaven -- Deliberate and disciplined -- Fifty percent of two is one -- Every hour a gift -- Sequitis ...

We’re going in.” At dawn on July 23, 1970, operations began to evacuate Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the A Shau Valley of ...

"First published in Great Britain as Arnhem : the Battle for the Bridges, 1944"--Title page verso. NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents The chase is on! -- ...

On the same fields where Allied paratroopers once descended under fire, the ground still holds their legacy. Fragments of ...

In his first address to his Soldiers, Maj. Gen. William C. Lee of the 101st Airborne Division declared prophetically in General Order Number 5, dated Aug. 19, 1942, that "the 101st Airborne Division, ...

While one vision of the late Gen. James Lindsay does not look feasible in the near future, his intent to preserve airborne forces and special operation forces history in Fayetteville continues.

On the 80th anniversary of the fateful airborne operation of World War II known as Operation Market Garden, nearly two dozen 21st Theater Sustainment Command Soldiers assigned to the 5th Quartermaster ...

The 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden culminated this week with a series of commemorative events - Copyright ANP/AFP ROB ENGELAAR The 80th anniversary of ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Two Sikeston residents are in the Netherlands this week to take part in 65th anniversary ceremonies honoring World War II veterans of Operation Market Garden. As members of the ...

Allied paratroopers and glidermen had given the greatest demonstration of the power of airborne attack in the invasion of France; never before had such masses been dropped into heavily defended enemy ...

ROCHESTER — Don Monson never told his mother. His dad, when he got wind of it, didn't want him to go. He was too young to join the Army. “I wanted to get in there and help,” said Monson, a Zumbrota ...