Widely seen as a turning point in World War II, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day, has long been the subject of viral rumors with varying levels of legitimacy. As the ...
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Built in 1942, the LST 393 was a ship at Omaha Beach on D-Day for the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Now, it's on Muskegon's waterfront, and one of two remaining from World War II.
BEDFORD, Va. – Seven World War II veterans will join thousands of visitors at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford on Friday, June 6, to commemorate the 81st anniversary of D-Day. The main ceremony, ...
Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime.Along the ...
Onofrio Zicari was seen on TV visiting the grave of Donald E. Simmons. As World War II veteran Onofrio Zicari attended events last week marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, he ...
(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...
WIESBADEN, Germany — Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set the standard for coalition warfare. The lessons ...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Saturday afternoon was a very special day for a 100-year-old D-Day veteran. Richard Fazzio, a lifelong Woonsocket resident who piloted a Navy boat during the first wave ...
D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II ...
CONNEAUT — D-Day Conneaut is one of the largest annual events in Ashtabula County, bringing tens of thousands of people to the city. The surge of visitors increases the city’s population significantly ...
President Donald Trump told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that D-Day—the day Allied forces invaded Normandy, France, during World War II—was "not a great day" for Germany. Merz's visit to the White ...