DLA News Archive

Tag: WWII

Feb. 20, 2020

DLA Distribution San Joaquin participates in Operation Valentine for 104-year-old Marine

SAN JOAQUIN, Ca. — Employees and children of DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California, raised the spirits of 104-year-old retired Marine Maj. Bill White by participating in Operation Valentine.

Dec. 18, 2018

DLA Aviation employee shares family experiences

Richmond, Va — I have Yaqui blood running through my veins from my maternal grandfather Maximino Vincent Razo. He was born in San Diego in 1918 to a Mexican father and Yaqui Native American mother.

American assault troops in a landing craft as it nears a beachhead in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Smoke in background is Naval gunfire supporting the landing. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army Center of Military History)

June 6, 2018

DLA honors sacrifices made, victory won on D-Day

Seventy-four years ago today, American military forces, joined by their comrades in arms from Allied nations, began the final push to liberate Europe from Nazi oppression.

The modified B-29 Superfortress named the Enola Gay dropped the first bomb, called Little Boy, on Hiroshima August 6, 1945. Another B-29, Bockscar, dropped the second bomb, called Fat Man, on Nagasaki three days later. Enola Gay can be viewed at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Hampton, Virginia.

April 9, 2018

Airworthy Heritage

Richmond, Va. — Military aviation is about a century old, and for most of those decades, it didn’t have DLA Aviation to rely on.

The B-29 Superfortress, B-17 Flying Fortress and B-52 Stratofortress appear at the 2017 Barksdale Air Force Base Airshow, Bossier City, Louisiana. Held for the first time in 1933, the Barksdale Air Force Base Air Show is a full weekend event showcases displays of the latest as well as historical military and civilian aircraft.

March 1, 2018

Airworthy Heritage

Military aviation is about a century old, and for most of those decades, it didn’t have DLA Aviation to rely on.

Army Maj. Tracy Yates and a reenactor portraying a U.S. Army soldier who fought in the Battle of the Bulge pose with a period-correct 48-star American flag, Dec. 16 near Bastogne, Belgium. (Photo courtesy DLA Europe & Africa)

Dec. 22, 2017

DLA personnel brave Belgian cold, honor WWII heroes in memorial walk

Members of the DLA Europe & Africa team braved winter weather Dec. 16 to participate in the 40th Annual Bastogne Memorial Walk in Belgium, commemorating the heroic stand made by U.S. and British forces during the Ardennes Offensive — also known as the Battle of the Bulge.

U.S. World War II veterans attend a ceremony commemorating the 73rd anniversary of D-Day in Carentan, France, June 2, 2017.

June 6, 2017

DLA honors D-Day anniversary, sacrifices

June 6, 2017, marks the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, when the Allies stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, to spark the beginning of victory in Europe.

Nick Lennon, professor and director of George Mason University’s Leadership Education and Development Office, explains why good people do bad things during a Holocaust Ethical Leadership Symposium at the McNamara Headquarters Complex May 4.

May 5, 2016

Behavior ethics, rationalization share roles with Hitler, fear in Holocaust

Hitler and fear may be among the first thoughts of those considering who and what was responsible for the Holocaust, but rationalizations made by ordinary people also played a large role, a professor from George Mason University said during a Holocaust Ethical Leadership Symposium at the McNamara Headquarters Complex May 4.