Cliff Brown died last month aged 98 at his home in Swanage, Dorset. He was laid to rest today at St Mary's Church in his ...

George 'Jimmy' Green led the first wave of Americans in to Omaha beach, known as the suicide wave due to the high rate of casualties. Captain ‘Winkle’ Brown recounts his flying experiences ...

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

While he was living in France, Mr Onuki took a trip with colleagues to Omaha Beach in the north of the ... it was a city that had lost so many war casualties,” he remembers.

Was Omaha Beach it really like you see in the movies ... "A lot of those guys, they just put them on a boat (to Europe). Heavy casualties for guys who are not trained properly." ...