They’re getting ready for D-Day, and Hicks points to a bare strip of sandy beach. “Just on this piece alone — here — there was 60 Canadians killed within the first few minutes,” he says.

The future Canadian D-Day Monument will be the first of its kind: a permanent tribute on Juno Beach featuring the names of all 381 Canadian soldiers and aircrew who were killed on June 6, 1944 during ...

The $1 million matching gift from our partners at Canso and Lysander in support of the new D-Day monument is more than a donation, it's a transformational investment in the future of the Juno Beach ...

The funeral of one of the last survivors of the assault on the D-Day beaches in 1944 has been held at Wiltshire crematorium. Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne and died at the age of 101 ...

The rallies will coincide with Flag Day, President Trump's 79th birthday and the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary celebration and military parade taking place in Washington, D.C.

Sheboygan WWII veteran Staff Sgt. Leonard Ploeckelman will be posthumously honored with a Congressional Gold Medal. Ploeckelman was a U.S. Army Ranger who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He served ...

About 4,400 Allied soldiers were killed in the invasion, with most being gunned down during the first two waves of beach landings, according to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation.

Yes. The event is scheduled for 9:30 a.m..-noon at Fort Walton Beach Landing Park, 139 Brooks St. SE. Anti-Trump protests near me; see FL 'No Kings' protests by city list ...

A sneak peek at upcoming County street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, library events, community ...

On D-Day, June 6 1944, No 3 Commando, part of 1st Special Forces Brigade, was tasked with getting ashore at Sword Beach and linking up with 6th Airborne Division.

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