D-Day soldier awarded Distinguished Service Cross after 81 years
Decades after Staff Sgt. William Owens' heroic actions at La Fiere Bridge, his Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded thanks to the efforts of a veteran.
By Dave Kindy
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Desert Storm Apache crews awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses
The aviators received the awards 34 years after they kickstarted the allied air campaign of Operation Desert Storm.
By Todd South
China says US ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan
The Chinese government continues to claim Taiwan as its territory and says it must come under its control.
Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions.
By Volodymyr Yurchuk
Ukrainian boxer sacrificed Olympic dreams to fight Russia’s invasion
Halinichev was killed at the front in March 2023, one of more than 400 athletes killed since the outbreak of the war. His body has yet to be recovered.
By Hanna Arhirova
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, were 1,000 members of a new, specially trained unit.
By James Sandy, University of Texas at Arlington, The Conversation