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A year ago today, we lost Richard Overton. At 112 years of age, he was America’s oldest living Veteran. In 2015, he showed us his gun collection.

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A year ago today, we lost Richard Overton. At 112 years of age, he was America’s oldest living Veteran. In 2015, he showed us his gun collection.

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American B-24 Liberator bombers flew from the field in England during World War II to plaster the Germans in Western Europe, but they apparently left some rounds behind.

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An American flag flown during the invasion at Normandy on the USS LCI(L)-421 at Gold Beach in 1944 is up for grabs through Rock Island Auction Company.

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FullMag and a group of wingsuiters and skydivers took a ride on a historic B-17G but released themselves on their own recognizance.

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At 101 years and 38 days old, Bryson William Verdun Hayes appears to have set the world record for the oldest skydiver.

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Everything from an M4 Sherman that rolled into Paris to a 1942 BMW R75 motorcycle with sidecar and M42 to a rare Heintz AAA mount for the M2 heavy machine gun are up for grabs.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marcus Jett put the 1900 Morgan silver dollar and dog tag carried by his grandfather on D-Day back into the sand of Omaha Beach for the fist time in 72 years.

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Google issued an official apology for posting a Google Doodle of a Japanese Go player on the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The posted Google Doodle was of Honinbo Shusaku, a professional player of the Chinese game Go. The image was uploaded in error, and once Google realized the mistake it was taken down and replaced […]

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Caretakers told Bernard Jordan, 89, he would not be able to attend the Normandy D-Day commemoration event. So the salty war vet pinned his medals to his chest, quietly snuck out and travelled there alone.

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When the balloon went up on what is now known today as the Second World War, the Allies of the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union found themselves facing perhaps the best military machine of its day. Their enemies, that of the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany, were equipped with some of the most advanced sniper rifles in the world. Moreover, the Allies had to play catch-up fast.

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A WWII U.S. Army transport plane that dropped paratroopers during the D-Day invasion will soon make a commemorative flight over Normandy. On June 6, 1944, a Douglas C-47 known as “Whiskey 7” played a key role in liberating Sainte-Mere-Eglise by dropping 21 paratroopers behind enemy lines. The restored Whiskey 7 now rests in the National […]

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