ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — 81 years ago, World War II allies invaded Normandy, liberating France and Western Europe, and laying the path to victory. “We came in on a landing craft with the front … ...

Part of A Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, his platoon had jumped into Normandy on June ... the U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division and 70th Tank Battalion from moving ...

On June 6, 1944 − D-Day − World War II's invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord ... remembered the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops at Utah Beach had to make in 3- to 4-foot ...

Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops made at Utah Beach.

"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 a landing craft at Utah Beach on D-Day, in a 2005 interview with KUED.

Stacker compiled a list of 50 facts and figures that defined the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. Sources include the D-Day ...

June 6, 1944 - The 101st Airborne Division jumps into Normandy, seven miles behind German lines at Utah Beach in France. Casualties at the beach landing are fewer than 200.

A 4th Infantry Division Soldier makes her way through the hedgehog obstacle at the Utah Beach division physical training event, on June 14, 2024, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Army photo by Pfc ...

World War II veterans are joining heads of state and others for poignant ceremonies on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. U.S. President Joe Biden, ...

Jake Ruser was a combat medic in Normandy with the 4th Infantry Division, ... Kiniry told Muir being back in Utah Beach reminded him of the brave men, his brothers, who were lost.

Mr. Irving served in the 116th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, elements of which landed on Utah Beach on June 6 and 7, 1944, and fought through France, Belgium, and into ...