(NEXSTAR) – Looking around Omaha Beach, today’s visitors to the site of the D-Day operations are faced with stark reminders of the harrowing battles that began on June 6, 1944: the bomb ...

But on D-Day morning, he took comfort seeing the massive ... Yet the first hours on Omaha Beach saw individual soldiers, or small groups, huddled together under impenetrable German fire as their ...

June 6, 1944: Omaha Beach became a symbol of courage and sacrifice. This video dives deep into the real events of D-Day, the soldiers' struggles, and the lasting impact of that historic morning.

World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...

Dennis Zotigh Command Sergeant Major Julia Kelly (U.S. Army retired), one of 80 Native American delegates to the 75th anniversary observance of D-Day, stands on Omaha Beach. Kelly holds an eagle ...

A battle-scarred American flag believed to be the first planted on Omaha beach during the 1944 D-Day landings is expected to fetch more than $55,000 at auction next week, Updated on Dec 10 ...

Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings ... Jimmy' Green led the first wave of Americans in to Omaha beach, known as the suicide wave due to the high ...

D-day is simply a standard armed forces way of ... was the first photographer to land on Omaha Beach, on one of the earliest waves. He took over 100 photographs, but an over-excited darkroom ...