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Step into the boots of a World War II soldier as we relive America’s largest D-Day re-enactment—captured entirely from a first-person perspective. From the roar of landing craft engines to the chaos ...
June 6, 1944, marked the largest seaborne invasion in history. Seven veterans still living in Erie in 2015 remember hitting ...
June 6, 1944—over 150,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. This is the full story of the invasion that turned the tide of WWII.
Larson was among the nearly 160,000 Allied troops who stormed the Normandy shore on June 6, 1944, surviving machine-gun fire when he landed on Omaha Beach.
A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World War II Foundation.
D-Day veteran and social media star "Papa Jake" Larson, who survived Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944, has died at 102. Known for sharing World War II stories on TikTok, ...
Mr. Larson, the last survivor of a unit that stormed Omaha Beach in 1944, shared his memories on social media where he amassed a wide following.
Larson was among the nearly 160,000 Allied troops who stormed the Normandy shore on June 6, 1944, surviving machine-gun fire when he landed on Omaha Beach.
A D-Day veteran turned TikTok star died last week at the age of 102. ‘Papa Jake’ Larson’s granddaughter shared the news of his death on his popular social media accounts.