August 1944 became Covington County’s deadliest WWII month, as nine local soldiers and airmen—including two Omaha Beach veterans—were lost in fighting from Normandy to the German-Swiss border.

On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history began under fragile conditions that could have unraveled at any moment. Bad weather, scattered airborne drops, and fierce ...

Tributes have been paid to World War 2 or WW2 warriors Richard Aldred and John King after their deaths at 101. Richard landed on Omaha Beach in a Cromwell Tank on D-Day in 1944, serving with the Royal ...

France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across the cities, villages, and countryside. You can wander through medieval ...

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82', was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...

"Rising from its watery grave after being sunk at Pearl Harbor, it survived torpedoes, bombs, shells, and two atomic blasts." ...