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  • WWII vets visit Molesworth

    As unforgiving waves crashed on the beach, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force raced against the sun to meet the shoreline while their comrades drowned, weighed down by their tactical gear, weapons and drenched clothes. More than 30,000 vehicles and 160,000 Service members

  • Among the trees: Airmen pay tribute to fallen comrades

    It was quiet; the sort of peaceful quiet broken only by the occasional wisp of wind that floated on the air like a sigh from Heaven. "It couldn't have been a more beautiful day," remarked U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force vice commander, as he looked skyward at the banks of

  • Airmen help their Norwegian partners train

    Airmen from the 426th Air Base Squadron recently participated in training alongside rescuemen from the Royal Norwegian Air Force's 330th Rescue Squadron.Four Airmen volunteered to serve as stranded seafarers in the frigid North Sea May 13, so the Norwegian aircrew could maintain qualifications and

  • Not their first rodeo: 423rd SFS conducts bike safety event

    The sound of crunching gravel underneath rubber tires was drowned out by the cheers and shouts of children at RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom, May 14. As the children pedaled their bicycles through a marked course, Airmen from the 423rd Security Forces Squadron provided them with helpful safety tips

  • D-Day marks start of Europe invasion

    Thousands of Allied troops have begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans. Thousands of paratroops and glider-borne troops have also been dropped behind enemy lines and the Allies are already said to have penetrated several

  • Celebrations as Rome is liberated

    The people of Rome have crowded onto the streets to welcome the victorious Allied troops. The first American soldiers, members of the 5th Army, reached the centre of Rome late last night after encountering dogged resistance from German forces on the outskirts of the city. Early this morning it was

  • Monte Cassino falls to the Allies

    The Polish flag is flying over the ruins of the ancient Italian monastery which has been a symbol of German resistance since the beginning of the year. Polish troops entered the hill-top abbey this morning, six days after the latest attacks began on this strategic stronghold at the western end of

  • Leningrad siege ends after 900 days

    The Soviet Army has lifted the blockade of Leningrad that has been besieged since German forces cut the land link to the city on 8 July 1941. Soviet soldiers broke through the German line of defence at key points and recaptured hundreds of towns and villages in the region, according to a Russian

  • Allies united after Tehran conference

    Allied leaders of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union have ended a landmark conference held in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It was the first time Winston Churchill, President Franklin D Roosevelt and Marshal Joseph Stalin had met together. In a joint statement issued after the four-day