Story by Maj. Brandon Mace | 412th Theater Engineer Command | 07.27.2019
Soldiers with the U.S. Army Reserve 90th Sustainment Brigade, headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, participated in the 101st reunion of the 90th Infantry Division Association in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 24 to 28, 2019. The 90th Sustainment Brigade is the only remaining unit in the U.S. Army that still carries the 90th Infantry Division colors and wears the famous ‘Tough 'Ombres’ T-O patch....
Story by Capt. Joseph Bush | 7th Mission Support Command | 07.27.2019
PERIERS, France - On July 27, 1944, Soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division, known as the ‘Tough Hombres’, rolled into the town of Periers, France just 35 kilometers from where they landed seven weeks earlier to be greeted by the remaining citizens as liberators, and the townspeople have never forgotten them....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Wallace | 82nd Airborne Division | 06.14.2019
Each year, at the beginning of June, the quite seaside region of Normandy, France comes alive. Shops that sit closed much of the year prepare for business. Towns are decorated with the flags of America, Britain, Canada, and other countries. Banners with faces and dates are hung on light poles. All this is to honor the service members who freed this region and put an end to the tyranny and......
Story by Philip Speck | 123rd Airlift Wing | 06.11.2019
The Kentucky Air National Guard performed seven flyovers and helped airdrop nearly 1,000 U.S. and Allied paratroopers over hallowed ground in Normandy France in June, 2019, as part of the 75th anniversary of D-Day....
Story by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima | 501st Combat Support Wing | 06.09.2019
The 352nd Special Operations Wing and the Special Operations Command in Europe parachute-jumped into Normandy, June 9, 2019, in commemoration of the 75th D-Day anniversary, to honor the airborne operation conducted by Allied forces and the Battle for La Fiere Bridgehead, near Sainte-Mère-Église, France, June 6-9, 1944....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Wallace | 82nd Airborne Division | 06.08.2019
Capt. Ignatius Maternowski, a Franciscan priest assigned to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day, was honored during a D-Day 75 commemoration ceremony in Guetteville, France, June 8, 2019. The small French village honors Maternowski for his efforts to set up a combined aid station for treatment of Allied and German wounded....
Story by Lt. Col. Jefferson Wolfe | U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) | 06.06.2019
The Army Reserve’s 353d Civil Affairs Command is coordinating travel for active-duty and reserve Soldiers from the United States to France for the 75th Anniversary D-Day celebrations....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 06.05.2019
Interviews with Ohio National Guard Soldiers who participated in the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, during World War II. Two Ohio National Guard units, the 112th Combat Engineer Battalion and 987th Field Artillery Battalion, were involved in the D-Day invasion. The 112th would land at Omaha Beach in support of the 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions, where it would receive the Presidential......
