Wars are won by logistics as much as by weapons. Operation PLUTO gave the Allies a hidden advantage during World War II — an ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

A group of roughly two dozen veterans from World War II have traveled to Normandy, France for D-Day remembrances. Delta Air Lines and the Best Defense Foundation held a special sendoff. A local World ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

Note to readers • This story was originally published May 31, 2014. • 1. The five beachheads for the invasion of Normandy, France, from east to west, were code-named Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah.

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Officials in Muscatine are putting the final touches on their annual 9/11 tribute, a ceremony that will not only honor the lives lost in 2001 but also celebrate the 250th anniversary ...

ALTON — The last operating World War II LST, or Landing Ship Tank, will remain docked on the Alton riverfront until Monday, giving people a chance for an up-close view of history. LST 325 (the U.S.

When Mary Mullaney answered a knock at the door of her Newark residence in the summer of 1944, she found officials from the U.S. Navy waiting to speak to her. Several of her sons were serving overseas ...

Chaminade High School students prayed for hours at the gravesite of a long-forgotten alum who heroically died after the D-Day invasion of Normandy during a recent trip to France. Officials at the Long ...