Army veteran Symons, US advance to wheelchair rugby final in Paris
Army veteran Mason Symons advanced on Sunday evening to the wheelchair rugby gold-medal match with a 50-43 victory over Great Britain.
Army veteran Mason Symons advanced on Sunday evening to the wheelchair rugby gold-medal match with a 50-43 victory over Great Britain.
As an 18-year-old Navy yeoman 2nd class, Arthur Grabiner served during World War II aboard the USS Laurens, an attack transport ship that took part in amphibious assaults in the Pacific. At age 98, he is determined to devote this final chapter of his life to sharing memories of his wartime service.
Some 200 World War II military vehicles rolled through the streets of this southwestern Belgian city on Sunday, marking 80 years since U.S. soldiers helped free it from Nazi occupation.
Sirens wailed and a memorial bell tolled during an observance in the town of Wielun, the first civilian target of German bombing in the small hours of Sept. 1, 1939.
Jason Tabansky, 41, won gold in the men’s individual W1 competition at the Invalides.
Paralympic triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall, organizers said.
The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
Betty St. John, an 85-year-old veteran, has secured her 85th medal at the 2024 National Veterans Golden Age Games, proving that age is no barrier to staying fit and active.
Last week’s Brunswick spill is the biggest accidental foam discharge in Maine since it began keeping records in the 1990s. The base closed in 2011, before environmental agencies recognized forever chemicals as a public health risk.
Dennis Connors, a world champion in the T2 road race, will compete in two events at the Paris games.