Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of ... were killed in the invasion. Goss knows he was one of the lucky ones to make it back home. He traveled to Normandy with his ...

Reenlisting at the outbreak of World War II, Roosevelt led four amphibious assaults, from Operation Torch - the invasion of North Africa - to fighting on the beaches of Sicily and in the mountains ...

located on the northeast side of the Normandy Peninsula in France, the beaches had been taken. I headed for the town of Sainte-Mère-Église.” Though the D-Day invasion launched 80 years ago on ...

World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...

There are no showtimes for this date. June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through ...

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...

Omar Bradley (1893-1981) Bradley, who had distinguished himself leading troops to victories in North Africa and ... 1st U.S. Army during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.

Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the ... For more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.