FOX News Channel and CNN Feature World War II Foundation Project. Tim Gray Interviewed Live on FOX.

A statue in the likeness of a Pennsylvania native whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the World War II book and television miniseries “Band of Brothers” is being unveiled in France. Maj. Dick Winters was a lieutenant when he led his troops during the D-Day invasion of France. Beginning... [Read more]

Two S. Phila. vets fight to honor D-Day leadership [World War II Foundation Project]

By Edward Colimore/Inquirer Staff Writer Sixty-six years ago Saturday night, Army Sgt. Bill Guarnere was dressed to kill. Ammunition and hand grenades bulged from his uniform and a Tommy gun was slung over his shoulder as he sat in a C-47 transport on its way to Normandy, France. By 1 a.m. – on June... [Read more]

Voices of experience: For the first time, the secretive Museum of World War II is sharing soldiers’ artifacts, stories to benefit documentary film [produced by WWII Foundation]

By David Filipov Globe Staff NATICK — Morley Piper stood in a room filled with the things his enemy once carried and tried to tell a story that after 66 years he still does not understand: How he survived the bloody assault on Omaha Beach on D-Day, when so many of his fellow US infantrymen did not. As... [Read more]

ESPN Show Airs Segments on WWII Foundation Project Honoring Veterans of D-Day

ESPN’s sports issues oriented program Outside the Lines aired two segments with former Red Sox legend Curt Schilling focused on Rhode Island filmmaker Tim Gray’s efforts to honor those who led the way in Normandy, France on D-Day. Outside the Lines originated its program from the National Museum... [Read more]

Texas Veteran Returns to World War 2 Battlefields with Film Crew

COLLEYVILLE, TX — Through a hail of German bullets and exploding shells, the soldiers of Company H, 504th Parachute Infantry frantically paddled their way across the Waal River in The Netherlands on Sept. 20, 1944. Lt. James Megellas, known at “Maggie” to his men, and half of his platoon occupied... [Read more]

Documentary to Share B-17 Pilot’s Incredible WWII Story

Former Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun lived one of the most amazing escape stories of World War II–and now his story will receive national recognition in a film by the Kingston-based World War II Foundation. The film is scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2013, but in the meantime... [Read more]

Filmmaker’s Documentary Tells Story of a Holocaust Survivor and the Life He Built

By BOB KERR JOURNAL COLUMNIST NEWTON, Mass. — It seems best to start with the motorcycle, the one Izzy Arbeiter got on, fell off and got on again. In those first days of freedom, it was the motorcycle that took him to Anna. “After what she did for me, I had to try to find her,” says Arbeiter as... [Read more]

Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: ‘Dick Winters: Hang Tough’ debuts at Franklin & Marshall College

By LARRY ALEXANDER Staff Writer Lancaster County’s World War II hero, Maj. Richard D. Winters, was a man of quiet humility. But even he would’ve been hard-pressed to remain humble Thursday, when a documentary film highlighting his leadership skills made its world premiere at Franklin &... [Read more]

One Last Journey Into the Night-Feature on New WWII Foundation Holocaust Documentary

by David Filipov: PLOCK, Poland—Israel Arbeiter crawls through an opening on the ground floor of an abandoned building and descends into the dank, garbage-strewn cellar below. He had last stood in this cellar about seven decades ago with his brother, Motek. Hitler had annexed a portion of Poland into... [Read more]

CBS Morning Show Covers Unveiling of Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument on June 6th in Normandy, France

The national CBS Morning Show featured the unveiling of the Richard Winters Leadership Monument in Normandy, France on June 6th. CBS had a crew in France and in the United States where they interviewed Jordan Brown regarding his team-effort to raise almost $100,000 of the $250,000 needed for the statue. Please... [Read more]

Associated Press World Coverage: ‘Band of Brothers’ Honored on D-Day Anniversary

SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) — With World War II-era military planes darting overhead and Normandy’s Utah Beach visible in the distance, a bronze statue emerged from beneath a camouflage parachute, in tribute to a man whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the book and television series... [Read more]

C-Span’s National American History Channel Features WWII Foundation Panel Event

Reflections on World War II experiences from three veterans of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division and a Holocaust survivor. They are joined by two actors who appeared in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers.” The World War II Foundation hosted this event. In case you missed our coverage... [Read more]

Filmmaker plans statue to honor Winters and other junior officers who led the way on D-Day

BY MONICA VON DOBENECK [email protected] Dick Winters never received the Medal of Honor so many of his colleagues thought he deserved. But now the former commander of Easy Company, who lives in Derry Twp. and was immortalized in the book and HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” might... [Read more]

Wisconsin Native and 82nd Airborne Hero Featured in WWII Documentary

Fond du Lac, WI – Germany’s Mark V Panther tanks were feared. The tank’s high-velocity 75mm gun could pierce the steel armor of any tank fielded by the Allies during World War II. America’s Sherman tanks were no match against it, and with a top speed of 28 mph and an exceptional... [Read more]

World War II Magazine Feature on Richard Winters Leadership Project

The Richard Winters Leadership project received a nice mention in the February edition of World War II Magazine. Our 11 year old fundraiser Jordan Brown was saluted by the magazine for his extraordinary efforts to raise money for the project. Jordan led a small team of supporters who raised (updated... [Read more]