State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, Wilkes-Barre, presented Andrea Bogusko, a representative of the NEPA Music Teachers Association, with a proclamation from the state of Pennsylvania to be ...

Photos from the burial with full military honors of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, of Benson, on July 9, 2022, at Normandy American Cemetery in France. A cross marks the grave of U.S ...

For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred. On Tuesday, the soldier would have his identity recovered — and be reunited with ...

(NEXSTAR) – As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches, we are remembering and honoring those who died fighting for our freedom. Many of them are buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, just yards ...

The commemoration of D-Day this year marks a special one for Susan Lawrence, and not just because it’s the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. For Lawrence, it’s also the first one when the ...

NORMANDY, France — A sunrise over any beach is beautiful. Peaceful. And when you're the only one walking on the sand it's perfect. But this isn't just any beach. This place is part of D-Day history.

The remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, a Benson native killed June 6, 1944, in France, will be buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Saturday.

Visitors’ voices and footsteps cannot penetrate the vast quietude of this site. Crosses march in place to silent drums. White and pristine, they mark the last place so many American troops stopped.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – On June 6th, 2024, Americans across the country will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In Normandy, France a solemn tradition pays tribute to the sacrifice made by ...

SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France (AP) — Seventy-five years ago, American paratrooper John Steele dangled from a clock tower in Sainte-Mere-Eglise after his parachute got caught during the D-Day invasion, ...