He founded the National D-Day Memorial, served as its Chairman for seven years, and later wrote a memoir, 'Omaha Beach and Beyond,' to commemorate the sacrifices of our D-Day soldiers," Griffith said.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commemorated the anniversary of the D-Day landings, in which American soldiers played a leading role, with veterans at the American Cemetery overlooking the ...

A new memorial plaque in Kent commemorates 22 soldiers who died during a D-Day training exercise. The men from the 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry died when boxes of anti-tank grenades ...

He founded the National D-Day Memorial, served as its Chairman for seven years, and later wrote a memoir, 'Omaha Beach and Beyond,' to commemorate the sacrifices of our D-Day soldiers," Griffith said.

FILE - D-Day veterans, (L-R) Ken Hay, Richard Aldred, Henry Rice, Jim Grant and John Dennet pose for a picture on Sword Beach following the Spirit of Normandy Trust service in Coleville-Montgomery ...

Virginia National Guard Soldiers honored D-Day heroes at Omaha Beach's dawn ceremony. Credit: Flickr. The 29th ID Soldiers honored the Bedford Boys in an early morning Omaha Beach ceremony.

(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.

Trump said D-Day was "not a great day" for Germany. Merz replied the Normandy invasion marked "the liberation of my country from a Nazi dictator.” WASHINGTON −Another day, another startled ...

CHESTERTOWN — On the 81st anniversary of D-Day, local veterans gathered at the historic John H. Newnam Armory to honor the soldiers who helped turn the tide of World War ...

Historic photos illustrate the D-Day landings, which happened 81 years ago Friday, June 6. ... involved landing approximately 160,000 Allied soldiers on the French beaches, ...