ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Local World War II veteran Richard Schermerhorn, who landed on a Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion in 1944, has died at the age of 102.

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 ...

Although there were heavy Allied casualties, this invasion turned the ... For more information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

videoThe Battle for Omaha In this short film for secondary schools veterans of the Omaha Beach landings in Normandy ... WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched?

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 ...