Videos tagged with "History"
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Remembering the liberation of Pilsen
June 15, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Most of us weren't even alive when WWII ended.One veteran knows exactly where he was...aboard a tank in the Czech Republic as the town of Pilsen was being liberated. Benjamin Griffin has the story. -
Until they're all home
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Service members have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country in past conflict and are buried in U.S. cemeteries around the world. But what about those fallen heroes who are still missing? SGT Vincent Pedican tells us how a group of people from Hawaii continue to look for missing service members to this day. -
Proud partnership
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;The partnership between the United States and the Czech Republic has endured for years. Both countries honor the past and work together towards the future. Benjamin Griffin has the story. -
They were there
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;It’s been almost seven decades since U.S. and allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, during WWII. As age catches up with the veterans of that era we’re able to hear fewer and fewer of their accounts first-hand. In this story we hear from the veterans of that conflict and what visiting Normandy means for a younger generations of service members. -
Proud partnership
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;The partnership between the United States and the Czech Republic has endured for years. Both countries honor the past and work together towards the future. Benjamin Griffin has the story. -
Until they're all home
June 8, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Service members have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country in past conflict and are buried in U.S. cemeteries around the world. But what about those fallen heroes who are still missing? SGT Vincent Pedican tells us how a group of people from Hawaii continue to look for missing service members to this day. -
Paratroopers practice for D-Day jump
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Army Reserve paratroopers train with Reserve paratroopers for the 4th Parachute Regiment in the United Kingdom May 29,2012. Both American and British Soldiers were preparing for their airborne operation in Normandy on June 3, 2012 to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the D-Day. -
Fleet Master Chief Roy M. Maddocks Jr., joined Special Operations Command Europe troops for a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration.
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Fleet Master Chief Roy M. Maddocks Jr., joined Special Operations Command Europe troops for a High-Altitude Low-Opening demonstration at Mont Saint Michel in France to commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day. U.S. military special operations troops stationed in Europe, plus German, French and Russian troops took part. -
U.S. military paratroopers jump near La Fiere Bridge
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;U.S., German, French, Dutch and British troops commemorate the 68th anniversary of D-Day during the events held in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. -
D-Day 2012 from a paratroopers perspective
June 3, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;See U.S. paratroopers jump from a C-130J at the La Fiere drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012, to honor the 68th anniversary of D-Day. Paratroopers from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. also participated in the jump. -
The battle of Belleau Wood
May 30, 2012
Comments: 1 Read/add;It was during WWI that the U.S. Marines put a their “stamp” on history. The battle of Belleau Wood, France was a costly one for the Marines. SGT Abigail Waldrop takes us to hallowed grounds for the Marine Corps with this story. -
Fallen Twelve
February 23, 2012
Comments: 0 Read/add;Every year ceremonies are held throughout Belgium that honor American forces. SGT Vincent Pedican tells us about a group of fallen Soldiers whose memory continues to live on to this day.
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