U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan went missing in action on June 6, 1944, just inland…
Digital and Print Journal of Aerospace, Defense Industry and Veteran News, serving the Antelope Valley (“Aerospace Valley”) and Edwards AFB,…
NORMANDY, France—We had been airborne aboard the World War II vintage C-47 dubbed “Pegasus” less than 10 minutes when our…
Every year, service members from across the globe travel to the small, historical village of Sainte-Mere-Eglise in Normandy, France, to…
At any time, there are a couple million paratrooper veterans. But I only know of two who could remember all…
Background After the German Army invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin began pressing his…
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on June 6, 1944, of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord…