2. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches This map from UPI shows the 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline that was ...

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

(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 ...

Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather ... Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches.

here’s when it’s safe to drive A World War II re-enactor looks at the phrase "D-Day" scrawled in the sand on Omaha Beach in Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day ...

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 ...

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach ... the cemetery's website. Normandy American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour from ...

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The plan was audacious, 145,000 men would assault the Normandy coast, in the East British troops would attack 3 beaches code named gold, juno and sword. In the West the Americans would take Omaha ...

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 ...