The story of D-Day and the Shermans trying to swim to the shore of Omaha Beach is legendary. The 741st Tank Battalion would ...

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, ...

who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day during World War II. Memories of World War II: From Omaha Beach to ...

Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during the Second World War. But I want to take you beyond the history books ...

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

In 1945, an attempt was made to identify the unknown remains, but the effort was unsuccessful, the DPAA said. Analysts with ...

Strangers from across New England and the globe are penning their birthday wishes to Howard Hanson, a lifetime Canton ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord ... which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches. Visitors can tour the approximately 50 ...

The historian argued that the film was more convincing than Private Ryan, which he said felt like a "typical World War II ...

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