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

Tributes have poured in from across the United States and Normandy, where he was celebrated for his role in defeating Nazi ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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 the D-Day Landings and the Battle of the Bulge and carried his generation's story into the social ...