An Army historian felt that while the D-Day landing scenes were realistic, the rest of the film was a “typical World War II ...

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 ...

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 ...

It would be his job to use flags, blinkers, and a megaphone to get men, vehicles and supplies safely ashore on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, D Day. At 7:35 A.M., Vaghi and his platoon landed ...

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 ...

Ray Norris, a World War II veteran and one of the last three remaining in Monroe County, will celebrate his 101st birthday on ...

Related: D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Flying low, between 5,000 and 8,000 feet, the small six-man B-26 Marauder bombed the beaches.

...Journeys to the Bottom of the Sea. Film exploring how things went badly wrong on Omaha Beach on D-Day. We’re sorry, the information you’re looking for isn’t ...

The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. Start Slideshow Troops go ashore during training exercises for the ...