
'That's All Brother': Spearhead Of US D-Day Invasion Rescued From Scrapyard
The C-47 aircraft led sky transporter squadrons dropping paratroopers across Normandy 75 years ago.
The C-47 aircraft led sky transporter squadrons dropping paratroopers across Normandy 75 years ago.
The Coimbra was carrying more than two million gallons of oil when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the US coast in 1942.
President Trump said any move against the US "will be met obviously with great force".
The warning comes amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran.
Military officials said five people on the ground were reported injured.
Former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove has joined a number of senior figures voicing concern over the Chinese tech company's involvement.
It was the highest-level face-to-face contact between the countries since Robert Mueller's report was released last month.
It comes as the US is deploying an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf.
In the late 1940s, 98-year-old Gail Halvorsen airdropped sweets to starving children during the Berlin Airlift.
The US is ready to defend forces and interests in the Gulf as tensions with Iran escalate.
Her Majesty The Queen will attend the event in Portsmouth next month to mark D-Day's 75th anniversary, as will US President Donald Trump.
The weapons flew 260 miles and 167 miles respectively, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defence Ministry.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to warn the Prime Minister when he meets her for talks in Downing Street.
Iran has dominated talks between Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The former soldier had been convicted of unpremeditated murder in a combat zone after killing a suspected al Qaida terrorist in Iraq.
General Tod Wolters replaces General Curtis Scaparrotti in the role as one of the alliance's most senior leaders.