The Globe has reported many of the stories of local veterans of World War II. Airmen in the Doolittle Raid on Japan, sailors ...

GEN Matthew B. Ridgway, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II, recognized the importance of pathfinder operations, leading to the prominent legacy that now occupies a storied ...

On board were elite US 82nd Airborne Pathfinder paratroopers who dropped behind German lines to set up navigational aids guiding in the main airborne invasion force. South Witham residents joined Lt ...

The 82nd Airborne Division soldier who turned himself in at the U.S.-Canadian border last week after deserting 16 years prior pleaded guilty to the crime. According to court records shared by the ...

In the years prior to World War II, the U.S. Army began to develop the concept of deploying troops from the air. Starting with the formation of the Parachute Test Platoon in June 1940, the Army ...

At 00:52 on June 6, 1944, the first phase of Operation Overlord began. On the ground, occupied France awaited the Allied airborne pathfinders preparing to jump. The transport aircraft, down low ...

At 00:52 on June 6, 1944, the first phase of Operation Overlord began. At 00:52 on June 6, 1944, the first phase of Operation Overlord began. On the ground, occupied France awaited the Allied airborne ...

Troopers didn't like the flag of their rival airborne division flying over Sainte-Mère-Église, a town the 82nd Airborne liberated on D-Day. Joshua Skovlund Published Jun 7, 2024 4:29 PM EDT ...

The Pathfinders paved the way for waves of paratroopers to follow, but paid a heavy price. Pathfinders with the 82nd Airborne Division jumped from C-47 transports into occupied France under the ...

On June 6, 1944, some 13,000 U.S. paratroopers plunged down onto the bloodied beaches of Nazi-occupied France. They helped change the course of WWII.