The once impenetrable German Atlantic Wall lay shattered by the Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy.

On July 17, 2025, Papa Jake passed away peacefully at his home in Lafayette, California, at the age of 102. His granddaughter ...

Families in Normandy, France are getting ready to celebrate the life of "Papa Jake" Larson — A Minnesota native and war hero.

A couple from Colorado wondered for years if they’d be able to buy a home in France and make a new life for themselves. Last ...

World War II veteran Jake Larson — known to his 1.2 million TikTok followers as " Papa Jake " — has died at age 102. His ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lays a wreath of flowers during a memorial ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the American ...

A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died, his granddaughter posted on his ...