The WWII veteran who garnered a large following on TikTok was 'cracking jokes till the very end,' his granddaughter McKaela ...

The story of D-Day and the Shermans trying to swim to the shore of Omaha Beach is legendary. The 741st Tank Battalion would ...

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

Day, June 6, 1944. In this video, we revisit the brutal reality faced by American troops as they stormed the heavily fortified coastline under relentless German fire. From the deadly bluffs to the ...

TikTok star "Papa Jake" Larson, who planned the Normandy invasion and survived D-Day, passed away at 102 after sharing his ...

Mr. Larson, the last survivor of a unit that stormed Omaha Beach in 1944, shared his memories on social media where he ...

Jake Larson and his U.S. military unit stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944. He went viral on TikTok — where he was known as ...

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

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Seven decades after the "Boys of Omaha Beach" landed in Normandy, veterans and soldiers return seeking closure as they enter the final years of their lives.

The beloved TikTok and YouTube star, known for sharing gripping World War II stories, passed away peacefully at 102 ...