(NEXSTAR) — A heartbreaking letter reveals the man who inspired Saving Private Ryan hoped to return to Normandy for the 40th anniversary of D-Day ... in Normandy in June 6, 1944.

D-Day at 80: Memories of Liberation More than 150,000 U.S. and Allied troops were huddled inside rain-soaked camps scattered throughout southeast England on June 6, 1944, when Gen. Dwight ...

June 6, 1944, is a special date in American history. It is synonymous with D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, which took place 80 years ago. History As It Happens takes its annual look back ...

Read a few letters written by American soldiers in Europe after D-Day. ...Yesterday I had to visit ... I think I ought to be home before June 25th though. That'll make it about an even year ...

On June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied servicemen landed ... To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing, four D-Day veterans gather at the famed Museum of World War II outside ...

The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II. A sign outside Trinity Church, New York City, inviting worshipers to ...

Megan Trotter Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:11 a.m. | Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:11 a.m. Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy during ...