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WWII D-Day: Utah Beach in 15 seconds

On June 6, 1944, American forces landed at Utah Beach, the westernmost sector of the Normandy invasion. In just 15 seconds, ...
Day, a small crossroads in the Norman village of Turville became the setting for one of the most recognizable images of the ...
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth.
Meet the Detroit Tigers' All-125 team, from Ty Cobb to Tarik Skubal, as picked for the Freep's new book, "Roar of 125." ...
In October, The Spokesman-Review wrote about how “The Strange Beautiful” author Carla Crujido is seeking stories from the ...
Two years after the National Christmas Tree’s 100th anniversary, Kathy Kelly, owner of American Celebration on Parade, is ...
Betty Reid Soskin, who used her fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger to raise awareness about often-overlooked and untold stories, has died. She was 104. Her family and ...
Tom Hanks reflects on the intense filming of Saving Private Ryan and the emotional weight he carried home after the shoot.
The casts of the first two "Home Alone" movies — two of the most iconic Christmas films ever made — look very different now.
Amid the political and social upheaval of the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew directly and self-consciously on the declaration. In his 1963 “ I Have a Dream” speech, King defined an ...
Eighty-one years ago today, the history-making singer who was an international sensation before she could drive was born in ...
Long before the seemingly endless rumours, we heard that Stranger Things star Sadie Sink had been cast as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Even with two Avengers movies on the horizon, that ...