The wings and tails of American combat gliders, key to the Allied invasion on D-Day 78 years ago, were built in Mineola in what’s now a strip mall with a Barnes & Noble, Ben’s Deli and Stop & Shop.

Though he had been trained to co-pilot one of the glider planes ferrying soldiers across the English Channel as part of the D-Day invasion of Nazi-held Europe, he was on the ground when the day came, ...

Though he had been trained to co-pilot one of the glider planes ferrying soldiers across the English Channel as part of the D-Day invasion of Nazi-held Europe, he was on the ground when the day came, ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The last known glider pilot from World War II will be buried in Denver, according to a social media post from The Greatest Generation Foundation, a nonprofit that supports and honors ...

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A statue honoring a World War II glider pilot who participated in the D-Day invasion will be erected after the Niles Village Board gave approval to commission it at its Feb. 27 meeting. According to ...