Mer, where thousands of troops came ashore on D-Day on June 6, 1944. A local police spokesperson said ‘the driver hit ...
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
A woman has been arrested after a car crashed into a British World War Two memorial in Normandy, France. The crash occurred ...
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
The structures resemble the metal “X-like” anti-tank obstacles that were positioned along the Normandy beaches by Germans ...
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.
More World War II veteran stories:Married near Normandy beaches at age 100, World War II vet returns with bride to PBC home "You couldn't just enlist," Simon recalled. "Everybody wanted to go.