Santa Barbara’s Art Petersen, about to turn 100, fought as a paratrooper with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II, seeing action during the historic Normandy ...

Since its inception, the 101st Airborne Division — made even more famous by Stephen Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” — has fought in every major war, from jumping behind the lines on D-Day to fighting in ...

From the night drops of June 6, 1944, to their iconic role in liberating Normandy, the 101st Airborne became one of the most recognized units of D-Day. This look compares their actions during the ...

Join us as we step back in time to June 7, 1944, in the small village of Turqueville, Normandy. This episode of WW2 Wayfinder uncovers the story behind one of the most famous photographs of the 101st ...

Of those listed, one of the first guys to get involved with the D-Day invasion was Wayne Tuttle. A paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, his C-47 airplane actually left England at 10 p.m. the night ...

The June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy involved the largest use of airborne troops up to that time. Paratroopers of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 6th Airborne Division, ...

Amfreville, Normandy, France, June 5, 1994: Parachutes glide toward earth as some 550 paratroopers reenact the 101st Airborne Division D-Day jump. Nineteen of them were veterans of the actual landing ...

An Ohio veteran who parachuted in the D-Day invasion of Normandy is celebrating his 101st birthday. Jim “Pee Wee” Martin enlisted in the Army in 1942 when he was 20 years old soon after World War II ...

Actors from Band of Brothers television series holding a commemorative 48 star firebrand flag in the jump landing zone outside of Carentan, France. Members of the 101st and 82nd airborne, Firebrand ...

In his first address to his Soldiers, Maj. Gen. William C. Lee of the 101st Airborne Division declared prophetically in General Order Number 5, dated Aug. 19, 1942, that "the 101st Airborne Division, ...