Twenty-seven PA members of the 1st Infantry Division lost their lives on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Lehigh County was home to one of the fallen: Pvt. Gerald Lewis Hillborn. This is his story.

Twenty-seven PA members of the 1st Infantry Division lost their lives on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Northampton County was home to three of the fallen. Here are their stories.

The D-Day generation is smaller in number than ever but back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 ...

"It’s hard to believe but I saw that beach bounce. I could just see it vibrating," said Don Buswell of Ogden, who was aboard a landing craft at Utah Beach on D-Day, in a 2005 interview with KUED.

The success of D-Day depended on more than just the landings at Utah and Omaha Beach - it hinged on securing key inland ...

Seventy years ago, Eyler —from a little Iowa town across the river from Omaha, Neb. — was a carpenter in the U.S. Army, working for D-Day ground troops commander Gen. Omar Bradley.

OMAHA BEACH, France — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...

Richard Rung, who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and later taught at Wheaton College, has died at 100.

Because Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing beach, the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Some 2,500 American troops died in the beach assault and airborne operations on D-Day ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World ...

Omaha Beach's wide expanse of sand as seen in May 2019. ... Sgt. John Taylor Blacknall of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, on Omaha on D-Day.

American Veterans Center. Landing in the First Wave on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Posted: May 30, 2025 | Last updated: June 6, 2025. More for You ...