ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — 81 years ago, World War II allies invaded Normandy, liberating France and Western Europe, and laying the path to victory. “We came in on a landing craft with the front … ...

Eighty-one years after William Owens helped stop Nazi forces in Normandy, the Army posthumously awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of his bravery.

A new series of stunning aerial pictures and videos revisits landmark D-Day sites, including Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first town liberated by U.S. forces in Normandy.