Parachutes were crucial in World War II for dropping troops behind enemy lines. This supported military missions, including D-Day in France, when more than 13,000 U.S. paratroopers parachuted into ...

As a boy in rural Prussia, Hans Ulrich Rudel tried to “parachute” with an umbrella and broke his leg, but the same stubborn ...

On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

The parachute was never deployed but pilot George Braet always believed it stopped a bullet from injuring him.

The Veterans History Project is a growing, treasured collection of the reflections of Idaho veterans and veterans across the country.

The D-Day invasion is typically remembered for the brutal fighting on the beaches of Normandy, but the battle had already ...

Nancy Wake did not like killing people. But in wartime, she once told an interviewer, “I don’t see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.” Ms. Wake, a ...

A stunning confession in the D.B. Cooper saga offers a potential breakthrough: one of seven confessions could reveal the ...

A 1942 film about a Crawford County aviation pioneer who developed the concept of flight nursing will be screened in Galion, highlighting her lasting impact on medicine.

The last-minute swap saved Ryan’s life. Less than 30 seconds after dropping its payload, the B-24 and its crew were hit ...

Tom Hardy may be better known these days for big screen projects such as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant, but his TV work ...

In December 1944, during World War II, American forces were surrounded in the Belgian town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. German commanders believed the 101st Airborne Division would soon ...