As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with ...

PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick Nairn of Aliquippa are among 58 Pennsylvania soldiers who died the morning of Jan. 26, 1944, when their ship struck a Nazi mine being remembered ...

As part of a strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis during World War II, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 ...

A New Castle man was one of 58 Pennsylvania soldiers to die 81 years ago Sunday during an Allied invasion of Italy in World ...

The LCI’s (Landing Craft Infantry) could fire to cover a broad front, not merely straight ahead. LCT(R)’s (Landing Craft Tanks — Rocket), LCVP’s (Landing Craft Vehicles Personnel), and LCM ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with ...

In 1943, when he turned 17 he dropped out of school in order to join the Navy. After his basic training, Bill was assigned to a small vessel known as a landing craft, infantry LCI 455, and was on his ...

50-caliber machine gun on a small landing craft with the first wave headed to Omaha Beach as part of an amphibious task force taking ashore the 29th Infantry Division. Close to the beach ...

On this day in aviation history, January 28, 1917, the Junkers J.I made its first flight. Developed as the J 4 by the Junkers ...

Joining the Wrens as a teenager, Mrs Sparrow was sent to Plymouth's Naval base HMS Drake where she witnessed the build-up to D-Day. | ITV News Meridian ...