My wife, Lori, and I had the opportunity to visit the American Cemetery on Omaha Beach in France on the 81st anniversary of D-Day. The site is immaculately maintained. Over ...

The 115th Infantry Regiment started landing at Omaha Beach at about 10:00 on June 6, 1944. Like the first wave, the second wave ended up unorganized and scattered across the beach.

“This Signal Monument is just one of 10 across Normandy," said Costanza. "It simply says, 'The Allied forces landing on this shore they call Omaha Beach liberate Europe - June 6, 1944.'" ...

Friday will be the 81st anniversary of the historic landing. Omaha Beach's wide expanse of sand as seen in May 2019. Thibault Camus/AP Photo. Reality, however, quickly returned.

Richard Rung, who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and later taught at Wheaton College, has died at 100. Skip to content. ... Rung was one of 160,000 Allied troops landing in Normandy that day, ...

American Veterans Center. Landing in the First Wave on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Posted: May 30, 2025 | Last updated: June 6, 2025. More for You ...

The 115th Infantry Regiment started landing at Omaha Beach at about 10 a.m. that day. Like the first wave, the second wave ended up unorganized and scattered across the beach.

Lary Bloom photo. PFC Zlotowski's plot. NORMANDY, FRANCE — I watch on this sunny day in late May as a barefoot young girl twirls and twirls in the sand as if she is the prima ballerina, and not ...

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 ...