Seven veterans from the 2nd Air Division of WWII were joined by more than 40 other members of The Heritage League - set up in 1987 to preserve the memory and legacy of that division - and laid wreaths at Madingley American Cemetery, visited the USAAF Memorial Library at The Forum, the Archive...read more

NORMANDY veterans gathered at York's Memorial Gardens today for a service to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The memorial service has taken place 11 days before the anniversary date of June 6, because members of the York branch of the Normandy Veterans Association are...read more

When U.S. Marine PFC John Pomnieky was a World War II prisoner of war in Japan, he dutifully wrote home to his father in suburban Detroit. He also marked the time by carving the name of each POW camp where he was interned after he was sent to Japan from the Philippines on a Hell ship when...read more

On June 6th, 1944 the largest seaborne invasion in the world's history was staged on the beaches of Normandy, France. D–Day's "Operation Overlord" would result in more than 44–hundred deaths, including 25–hundred Americans, and eventually victory!. 70 years ago this June almost 327–thousand...read more