In 1945, they made the last major combat jump of World War II, drifting down in parachutes east of the Rhine River, Nazi Germany's last natural barrier against invasion by American and British forces.

We track down the exact fields in West Berkshire where the 101st Airborne staged a top secret mass drop on March 23, 1944 - a full-dress rehearsal for combat witnessed by Winston Churchill and General ...

A little more than a year before the U.S. entered World War II, the Army put out a call for volunteers to test a relatively new tactic for inserting troops into enemy territory. Two hundred men from ...

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them ...

On June 5, 1944, demolition expert Jake McNiece of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment took to the skies over Normandy for his first combat jump. Known for his mohawk, Choctaw war paint, and ...

I am a former member of what is now the Parachute Regiment. (at the time, the 6th airborne brigade) and have written this with the help of my granddaughter. My story begins on the night of June 5, ...

Fred Glover and Edward "Ted" Pieri fell thousands of miles from the sky in the name of charity Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the ...

The U.S. Army might have perfected the use of airborne troopers, but it wasn't the first branch to try out the tactic. In 1927, 12 Marines jumped from a transport plane flying over the Anacostia area ...

During their time in England, these Paratroopers became an integral part of the Quorn community. Many married several local women. This was not specific to the 505th PIR, but across the 82nd Airborne ...