On the 81st anniversary of the unprecedented D-Day invasion at Normandy, the memory of one Navy veteran lives on after his ...

Veterans have gathered on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime ...

Military aircraft perform a flyover during a memorial ceremony held as part of the 81st anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the American Cemetery in ...

World War II veteran Wally King speaks at the D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, ...

The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach Hitler’s defenses in western Europe. A total of 4,414 Allied ...

Eighty-one years after William Owens helped stop Nazi forces in Normandy, the Army posthumously awarded him the Distinguished ...

Even though everything didn't go according to plan, more than 150,000 infantry troops were transported across the English Channel into German-occupied France. The offensive, which strained ...

Four World War II veterans joined by a small crowd gathered Friday near the War World II Memorial to recognize the 81st anniversary of D-Day.

"Seeing the skies again reminded me of that dark, dangerous morning," a veteran said on D-Day's 40th anniversary.

Services will be held Friday, the 81st anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Rung, a motor machinist mechanic, landed at the Fox Red sector of Omaha Beach at 7:31 a.m. on June 6, 1944, as part of the ...

D ENVER (KDVR) — Hector M. Flores served, fought and was wounded in Europe after the D-Day invasion during World War II. But when he returned to Colorado, he didn’t receive a hero’s welcome.

To maintain secrecy, a large portion of the Allied fleet was squirreled far away in northern Scotland. Consequently, five ...