This video takes viewers across the historic D-Day locations of Normandy, exploring the beaches, cliffs, and towns where the ...
OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American ...
Joseph Gorra’s first-hand account of what it was like to be part of D-Day during WWII. World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a ...
Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing site on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In this video, we revisit the brutal reality faced by American troops as they stormed the heavily fortified coastline under ...
U.S. Army V Corps soldiers faced the daunting task of taking Omaha Beach 77 years ago during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, where the unit’s current commander paid homage Friday to the troops who ...
OMAHA BEACH, France — Sid Edson was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for his role aboard a B-24 bomber on D-Day. He emphatically refuses to be labeled a hero. “I just did what I was told to do,” ...
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On D-Day, Charles Shay found himself landing with the 1st Infantry Division in the first wave of assault on Normandy's Omaha Beach. By Max Hauptman Published Jun 6, 2022 1:52 PM EDT On June 6, 1944 — ...
The sisterhood was officiated over by two women: Mayors Jean Stothert and Anne Boissel, in front of the Omaha Beach art installation, “The Brave.” Officials laid a wreath at the graves of Ludwig and ...
WWII veterans from around the world are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (Jeremias Gonzalez/AP) OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their ...