At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of ...

Mer, where thousands of troops came ashore on D-Day on June 6, 1944. A local police spokesperson said ‘the driver hit ...

The structures resemble the metal “X-like” anti-tank obstacles that were positioned along the Normandy beaches by Germans ...

Woman arrested after car crashes into British WWII memorial at Normandy's Sword Beach - The monument, a Churchill AVRE Mark ...

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 ...

Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather, you'll want to dress in layers (no matter the time of your visit) and bring rain gear, according to past visitors. World War II's successful Operation ...

All along the Normandy coastline — where then-young soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches on June 6 ...

More World War II veteran stories:Married near Normandy beaches at age 100, World War II vet returns with bride to PBC home "You couldn't just enlist," Simon recalled. "Everybody wanted to go.