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

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an ... Situated about 6 miles from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was the first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest ...

GAVIN and Stacey put Barry Island on the map - but the real winner is ... fighting with a Scottish regiment and landing on the Normandy beaches. “After the war the family settled in the Welsh ...

Within a year, he and his men would be deployed to England — to prepare for the invasion of Normandy ... Allied forces hours away from landing on Utah Beach, Winters took charge.

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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The crucial aspect of D-Day was the surprise factor: even after the landings, the Nazis believed the main invasion would occur at Calais instead of ...

Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

The talk will detail Dorset's involvement in D-Day, particularly of the first British infantry landing on the Normandy beaches; the 231 Malta Brigade, made up of the the 1st Hampshires, 1st Dorsets ...

For more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website. Normandy American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour from Bayeux (1477 reviews) Normandy ...

Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day: Normandy 1944 3D brings this monumental event to the world's largest screens for the first time. Audiences of all ages will discover from a new ...