Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...
June 6, 2024, will mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here’s one soldier’s account of what it was like to land on Omaha Beach during the fierce ...
Tom Sollosi Jr. has told the story many times, and even though it’s been 80 years since D-Day, the World War II veteran from New Eagle recalls the Normandy invasion with vivid detail. “My memory is ...
NORMANDY, France (KLTV) - On day four of their trip abroad, the Longview High School Choir visited Omaha Beach, one of five sites in Normandy involved in the initial D-Day invasion. Omaha Beach was ...
This is the true story of a Delaware native who took part in what historian Stephen Ambrose called the most critical day of the 20 th Century: June 6, 1944 — D-Day. Charles J. Noonan grew up in the ...
Pfc. Nicholas Hartman, killed on Omaha Beach in 1944, was identified through DNA analysis and honored with a hero's burial at ...