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 ...
World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the tide in the war and helped lead to the fall of ...
Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...
and beaches where tanks and other heavy equipment can be delivered to firmer ground or a coastal road, the report said. "Any invasion of Taiwan from the mainland would require a large number of ...
Now, satellite photos have revealed the construction of a new fleet of D-Day-style landing barges needed to surge troops and tanks over a beach ... for the allied invasion of Normandy during ...
China is reportedly building a series of "D-Day style" barges that could be used to aid an invasion of Taiwan ... which were portable harbors built for the Allied campaign in Normandy, France, in 1944 ...
Reminds me of D-Day preparations by allies in WWII to land at Normandy ... invasion or blockade to be viable. The bridge docks, if produced in sufficient numbers, could enable heavy over-beach ...
The year 2024 witnessed a number of meaningful anniversaries for the United States and its allies: the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy ... where 44 ...
He posted a photo showing how a new map could look ... In this role he oversaw the invasion of Normandy in 1944 including the d-day landings, when British, American and Canadian troops as well ...