You probably don’t expect to find a D-Day landing craft in the middle of Nebraska—but that’s exactly what’s waiting in Columbus. The Andrew Jackson Higgins National Memorial honors the Nebraska-born ...

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

PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to ...

In recent years, Larson made repeated trips to Normandy for D-Day commemorations — and at every stop, “Papa Jake” was greeted by people asking for a selfie.

D-Day veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and ...

Jake “Papa Jake” Larson, a World War II veteran who survived D-Day and gained over 1 million TikTok followers by sharing his wartime stories, has died at age 102.

D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102.