(NEXSTAR) – Looking around Omaha Beach, today’s visitors to the site ... the German military fired on Allied troops; and the Normandy American Cemetery, where thousands of U.S. soldiers ...

was planted by a U.S. army engineer on Omaha Beach, the scene of some of the bloodiest battles when Allied forces stormed the Normandy coast of France in World War II. The Dallas auction house ...

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

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 ...

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these ... Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and ...

The director and children of veterans of Normandy said they were very excited to have it in town. The Jeep Willy was found in ...

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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DAN SNOW: A second wave powered Omaha beach they could see the devastation ... five beaches had been captured and a little corner of Normandy had been secured, it’s been seen by history as ...

By John Kline, Guest Commentary On May 26, 1943, Red Wing high school senior Richard Ekholm celebrated his 18th birthday and days later walked across the Sheldon Auditorium stage in cap and gown.

In 1944, he landed on Omaha Beach at Normandy, France, where he suffered a shrapnel wound to his forehead. He was among Gen. George Patton's forces as they relieved the Battered Bastards of ...