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Relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day
The Eagle-Tribune· 5 days agoBetween the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte d’Or ...
D-Day 80: What key events are happening in France and the UK?
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days ago(PA Graphics) In the evening, a candlelit vigil is to be held at the cemetery, where 4,500 graves...
Daughter of Royal Navy D-Day hero Wilbert recalls the “longest day of his life'
Daily Express· 20 hours agoD-Day hero Wilbert Docherty epitomised the raw courage and determination needed to make the Allied...
Muskegon's LST 393 Museum hosting D-Day 80th anniversary commemoration
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 6 days agoOn the Muskegon Lake shoreline sits a ship that was there for the most important event of World War...
Historic USS Laffey artifacts sent to France for D-Day 80th anniversary events
ABC News 4 Charleston· 2 days ago"We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to send a piece of the ship back to Europe as world...
American Airlines is flying 70 World War II veterans to France for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 days agoHe was on one of the landing craft that transported soldiers, including his brother, to Omaha Beach...
Honouring the heroes of the D-Day landings: Was your loved one among them?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn the early hours of Tuesday June 6 1944, more than 156,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of ...
For US veteran, D-Day memories still vivid after 80 years
KTBS Shreveport· 6 days agoRichard Rung recalls it vividly: German artillery firing on his landing craft, the sound of machine...
Second World War signaller, 98, urges children to learn more about D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoA Second World War veteran has called on British children to learn about the Normandy landings...
D-Day 80: Free tickets available for Portsmouth anniversary events
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe combined naval, air and land assault on occupied France on D-Day remains the largest invasion by...