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, after months of training. The D-Day invasion had begun on June 6 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Bob Gibson vividly remembers the carnage he witnessed when he landed on Utah Beach in the second wave on D-Day. After surviving the fierce battles on the beaches of ...

Some 4,000 Allied troops were killed in the invasion. Goss knows he was one ... They planned to go to Utah Beach on Thursday, Cherbourg on Friday and a parade in Carentan on Saturday.