Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as "Papa Jake," has died. He was 102.

The memory of D-Day is engrained in Normandy. The landscape itself remembers. It is hilly and unpredictably scarred by the constant bombing. The sand is dark from fragments of shrapnel.

So far, so safari. However, I’m not roaming the Great Plains of North America, where they normally reside, but a little closer to home in the Eawy Forest in Normandy, France.

France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across the cities, villages, and countryside. You can wander through medieval ...

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

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

World War II veteran Jake Larson attends an event commemorating the D-Day landings at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on June 6, 2023.

A British woman in her 20s has been found dead behind a church in France. The woman, who has not been named, is understood to have been on holiday in Normandy at the time of her death.

As one of a series of reports looking into the rise of support for the far-right in France, Mediapart chose to visit the small town of Gaillon, in southern Normandy, about 100 kilometres north of ...

Healy flies over Normandy’s hills, Van der Poel snatches Yellow Tour de France 2025 | Stage 6 | Bayeux > Vire Normandie Many riders had identified stage 6 of the Tour de France 2025 as a first proper ...