On Sept. 12, 2024, Army Spc. Matthew Perez made his way to the ramp of a C-17 and prepared to take part in a parachute jump at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Perez, ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some relatives of D-Day veterans are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: jumping out of an airplane onto Normandy. One of those relatives is 76-year-old Fred Krause, whose dad ...
As Americans continue to recognize the fallen members of D-Day from World War II, Congressman Jason Crow, an Army combat veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment, ...
WASHINGTON — A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives made a commemorative parachute jump Friday at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the historic assault that ...
Airborne units are typically the first American forces to reach a crisis zone, which means their equipment must prepare them ...
WASHINGTON — A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives made a commemorative parachute jump Friday at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the historic assault that ...