"It’s hard to believe but I saw that beach bounce. I could just see it vibrating," said Don Buswell of Ogden, who was aboard ...

D-Day beaches and Monet's wonderful gardens at Giverny. This time, however, I'm determined to explore the Cotentin Peninsula, a beautiful yet often overlooked coastal gateway to France ...

The 101st on D-Day had a rendezvous with destiny. That destiny would be forged in the hedgerows and lanes of Normandy.

Instead of beaches, landing craft and Allied forces ... The north coast of the Cotentin Peninsula is among the favorite stomping grounds in France for U.S. travelers, almost entirely because ...

three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach. As entrenched Nazi forces mounted ...

A slower ferry goes from Portsmouth to Caen (about an hour from the peninsula) and costs from ... for Utah and the other D-Day landing beaches. Breakfast, served in the main house, includes ...

Plage de Vauville Stretching seven miles, the dramatic beach of Plage du Vauville on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, just 30 minutes from Cherbourg, has untamed beauty in abundance.