Derek ‘Benny’ Bennett, 72, served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and the Middle East during 25 years in the Army.
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 66,143 of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II are alive. Approximately 131 World War II veterans die each day, according to the ...
Volunteering for the Parachute Regiment and joining the 8th Battalion, Mr Trewin spent months training before being deployed to Normandy. | ITV News Meridian ...
to raise money for Blind Veterans UK, which "gave him his life back" after losing his vision. Mr Gibbon said he joined the parachute regiment for the "excitement and thrill" of landing in enemy ...
Moffatt Burriss, but the Army veteran’s stories of valor and ... was deployed to Europe with the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment from May 1943 to September 1945, and ...
By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Oct 12, 2024 7:46 PM EDT Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, along with veterans and skilled civilian skydivers gave a dominant performance this past week at the ...
A blind veteran paratrooper who relived the thrill of jumping out of a plane at the age of 88, has said he will not be doing it again. Danny Gibbon, from Swindon, enlisted in the Army at the age ...
X (Y) said his time in the Parachute Regiment were the ‘best three years’ of his army career (X/PA) Despite suffering a serious spinal cord injury in 2018 that left him paralysed, the veteran ...