Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
Near the La Fiere bridge, one World War II veteran hugged Staff Sgt. Rachel Medley, 34, of Eureka, Calif., who serves with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights. Meeting paratroopers from WWII is humbling, she said....
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
During the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France....
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
Ellan Levitsky Orkin and her sister Dorothy joined the U.S. Army as nurses during World War II, under the condition that they could stay together. In France, they wrote this song. They only sing it for a special few these days....
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
Ellan Levitsky Orkin, 92, and her sister Dorothy, 95 joined the U.S. Army as nurses during World War II, under the condition that they could stay together. They served in France. Hear more of their story......
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
Milt Staley, 93, of Redding, Calif., waded though chest deep surf onto Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division that afternoon and later occupied foxholes dug by 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers. Afterward, Staley fought with the 90th Infantry Division and was wounded in combat. But coming back to France is not about reliving the horrors of war, he said. He first returned in 2011 and made......
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
Eugene Cook, 87, of Georgia, jumped into Normandy, June 6, 1944, with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Dropped far from his objective, he met other troops and they attacked the enemy in a nearby village. He took part in the 68th anniversary events and shared some of his story....
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.03.2012
Dave De Soucy, Vietnam veteran jumps with Liberty Team. During the June 3 commemorations at La Fiere bridge, near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, the Liberty Team made the first jump onto the marshes near the Mederet River. Afterward, U.S., German, French, Dutch and British troops joined together to commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day....
Audio by Rick Scavetta | U.S. European Command | 06.02.2012
Army Capt. Stephen Cargill explains why during the 68th anniversary of D-Day, special operations troops stationed in Europe performed a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France....
