On the night of June 5, 1944, as tens of thousands of Allied troops prepared to storm the beaches of Normandy, a handful of British Special Air Service commandos were parachuting into Nazi-occupied ...
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible leaving Portsmouth to lead the task force to the Falkland Islands, April 5, 1982. PA Images via Getty Images ...
Lt. Thomas Bennett Langton grew up in a well-connected, wealthy family on England's Isle of Wight. He attended private schools and spent much of his youth learning rugby, swimming and rowing. These ...