On Monday, the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford celebrated what would’ve been the 100th birthday of its late founder Sgt.

Dennis Zotigh Command Sergeant Major Julia Kelly (U.S. Army retired), one of 80 Native American delegates to the 75th anniversary observance of D-Day, stands on Omaha Beach. Kelly holds an eagle ...

Today marks what would’ve been the 100th birthday of John Robert “Bob” Slaughter, who joined the United States military when ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches ...

World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...

Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings ... Green led the first wave of Americans in to Omaha beach, known as the suicide wave due to the high rate ...

A battle-scarred American flag believed to be the first planted on Omaha beach during the 1944 D-Day landings is expected to fetch more than $55,000 at auction next week, Updated on Dec 10 ...

(NEXSTAR)—On July 17, 1944, the small town of Bedford, Virginia with a population of just 3,200 would learn that 20 men died in the D-Day invasion ... in the sand of Omaha Beach.

President of France Emmanuel Macron speaks during the official international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6 ...

Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings ... moments after arrival on Omaha beach. Bob was the only man from his boat to survive the landing.

American and German bodies covered ... One month after D-day, he stepped onto French shores. The kid from Omaha landed at a place that sounded like home. "Omaha beach. We landed on Omaha beach ...