This video takes a closer look at the British X-Type parachute used by British and Canadian airborne forces during World War II. It explains how the parachute was designed, how it deployed differently ...

A wedding dress usually begins with fabric and fittings, but this one had a very different origin rooted in World War II. A pilot survived a damaged aircraft using a silk parachute, and years later ...

A wedding dress made from a WWII parachute with quite a story behind it is now on display at a museum on Long Island. The rare World War II era dress, stitched from the fabric of a pilot's parachute, ...

A World War II-era gown restored in Tulsa is heading to museums after decades hidden away and damaged by time.

Dayton-area World War II veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin will return to the site of an historic battlefield this month when he parachutes into the Netherlands, through the help of Air Force Research ...

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At Morning Star Retirement on Saturday, several residents brought out their wedding dresses, and told the story behind them. Every dress came with a unique story, but one made out of a parachute from ...

Jim Martin was a member of the 101st Airborne Division on D Day. He and his group jumped 25 miles behind enemy lines the night before the invasion under heavy German artillery fire. He also saw action ...

An abandoned airborne drop zone in the woods reveals parachute hardware, Allied personal gear, and piles of WWII ammunition ...

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