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 ...

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A D-Day hero today paid his ... with around 2,600 casualties on the day. Further along the Normandy coast Peter Lovett landed on Juno Beach in the second wave with the 3rd Canadian Infantry ...

His visit to Omaha, as part of a WWII veterans group flown to Normandy by American Airlines for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, was the first time Taylor had set foot on Omaha Beach, the most ...

Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and tanks in history was launched.

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 ...

You just went and did it.” Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Today, Goss is one of an estimated 100 to 150 World War II veterans ...

After his tank was shelled he lay there for some time until two stretcher bearers came up and asked him if he was still alive Roy Hayward, who has died aged 99, landed on D-Day with the Sherwood ...

American Steve Melnikov was one of the brave men who landed on Omaha Beach ... Normandy every five years, meaning that sadly, there is every chance that this will be the last one in which D-Day ...