Soar above the iconic beaches of Normandy with this drone footage, revealing the historic sites where the D-Day landings shaped the course of World War II. U.S. fires head of military base in ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...

Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Today, Goss is one of an estimated 100 to 150 World War II veterans returning there for ...

Plan Ahead: Since some of Normandy's D-Day beaches sit roughly 200 miles northwest of Paris, you're in for a full day, but ...

Those who travel to the Normandy beaches to pay their respects around ... the UK – alone among the principal Allied nations of WW2 – did not to have its own D-Day memorial near the landing ...

Bert survived the War - he landed on the Normandy beaches on D Day in 1944 and fought until the end of the War with his original squadron. This is an original leaflet from Dunkirk, kept by him ...

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from ... The Summer of 1944 — The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise." You can learn more about McManus on his website.

A Missouri S&T history professor’s book about U.S. soldiers’ experience on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place ... Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches.