West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

Ross Grahn enlisted in the Navy and served as Seaman First Class for two and half years. Grahn is also a D-Day veteran and was on Normandy beach during the battle.

Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively ... that help provide context for the battle sites. The American Cemetery in Colleville ...

History buffs and knitters will be sew impressed when this 80-metre-long D-Day diorama comes to the Forum in Norwich in February.

the beaches had been taken. I headed for the town of Sainte-Mère-Église.” Though the D-Day invasion launched 80 years ago on June 6, the Battle of Normandy — which was known by its code name ...

World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...

Battle of Normandy, Gulfstream Park, January 23 2025 Coglianese Photos/Lauren King Battle of Normandy, Gulfstream Park, January 23 2025 Coglianese Photos/Lauren King Battle of Normandy ...

hard cider and the rolling Normandy hills are beckoning? Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an astonishingly long and beautifully made work of art, chronicles the 1066 Battle of Hastings.

He looks at town battle scenes and connects them to real ... The Summer of 1944 — The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise." You can learn more about McManus on his website.

With thousands of men ashore and many more landing the battle for Omaha had ... By the end of the day all five beaches had been captured and a little corner of Normandy had been secured, it ...

Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day ... He fought in the Battle of the Bulge during the winter of 1944-45 and then in central Germany, ending the ...

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France ... the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known historically as ...