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 ...

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

The invasion ... of the Normandy coastline comprising five beaches given the code names Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

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.

Thousands of troops from the region joined the Allied forces as they landed on beaches in Normandy ... Before the invasion, US generals finalised their plans for the channel crossing in the ...