Mer, where thousands of troops came ashore on D-Day on June 6, 1944. A local police spokesperson said ‘the driver hit ...

World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, he was among the few remaining survivors of the epic Allied invasion ...

A D-Day hero today paid his respects ... Further along the Normandy coast Peter Lovett landed on Juno Beach in the second wave with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. He waded through the bodies ...

As time passes fewer from the Greatest Generation are around to share their stories. Among veterans, Wayzata resident Philip Harder, 88, belongs to an even more select group – those who were ...

Things About D-Day That Don't Make Sense Posted: December 30, 2024 | Last updated: December 31, 2024 Why exactly was it called D-Day? Did a soldier actually walk around Normandy Beach playing the ...

Two years ago today, on the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, in a park overlooking Omaha Beach, the people of Normandy dedicated the Charles Shay Memorial. The first French monument to honor American ...

They planned to go to Utah Beach on Thursday ... Warren Goss also went to France for the 75th D-Day anniversary in 2019. WAC returned to Normandy Connie Jamison, 82, of Lincoln Place, recently ...

RAF bombers, beach assaults and balls of yarn have come together for a "bonkers" D-Day exhibition dreamt up by a woman born in Northern Ireland and brought to painstaking life by an army of knitters ...

A battle-scarred American flag believed to be the first planted on Omaha beach during the 1944 D-Day landings is expected ... when Allied forces stormed the Normandy coast of France in World ...

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 ...

For more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website. Normandy American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour from Bayeux (1477 reviews) Normandy ...