Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On June 7, 2012, Jon Harmon was a 19‑year‑old private first class on his first deployment in Afghanistan when an explosion took ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veteran Henry Rice attends a ceremony at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, to mark the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day ...

A veteran 82nd Airborne paratrooper who lost both his legs during combat in Afghanistan will board a World War II-era plane to jump once again, this time onto the Normandy drop zone of his airborne ...

Omaha Beach is an incredible, moving D-Day site in Normandy, and we loved visiting. From standing on the beach, to Pointe du Hoc, to the American Cemetery, to the museums in the area, we were so ...

Twenty-nine World War II veterans were on hand Saturday to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of D-Day on Saturday at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Approximately 160,000 ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Fourteen years after an explosion in an Afghan village took both of his legs and nearly his life, former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper Jon Harmon is preparing to step into the ...

On June 7, 2012, Jon Harmon was a 19‑year‑old private first class on his first deployment in Afghanistan when an explosion took both of his legs - and nearly his life. Now, exactly 14 years to the day ...

Jon Harmon (front) and members of the Liberty Jump Team pose in front of the C-49J in Corsicana, Texas, in April 2026. (Leslie Herlick/Fort Rucker PAO) On June 7, 2012, Jon Harmon was a 19‑year‑old ...