Corporal Frank S. Wright – USMC I want to feature great Marines from time to time, and today, I want to introduce you to Cpl Frank S. Wright. Frank was born July 5, 1925, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. In 1942, at the age of 16, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, lying about his age, as… Continue reading Corporal Frank S. Wright – USMC
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The Normandy Landing – D-Day
The Normandy Landing – D-Day The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the… Continue reading The Normandy Landing – D-Day