World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were ... Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches.

Traveling by ship across the English Channel the night of June 12, 1944, my father was below deck with the vehicle he would soon drive ashore at Utah Beach to face combat in World War II at last ...

UTAH BEACH, France--As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it will rise again Thursday over the Normandy beaches where the waves long ago washed away the blood and boot-steps of its soldiers ...