An animated speaker, the self-proclaimed country boy from Minnesota charmed strangers young and old with his quick smile and ...

Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died, his granddaughter posted on his ...

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The Allied Forces stromed the beaches of Normandy, france on June 6, 1944. Here American troops hit the water from one of the landing craft. Soldiers on shore are lying flat under German machine ...

D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million ...

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

D-Day veteran and social media star "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived Omaha Beach in 1944, has died at 102. "Our beloved Papa ...

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The ...

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

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — June 6, 2024 marks 80 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

"Papa Jake" Larson survived German gunfire in the June 1944 landings, and then garnered 1.2 million followers sharing stories ...