We'll almost double that on day two," said Scott Desjardins, the superintendent of the Normandy American Cemetery. "American soldiers will continue to arrive in Europe and all those soldiers need to ...

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 ...

ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on the beaches of Normandy to honor those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and ...

He did expect the cemetery, the final resting place of more than 9,000 military personnel killed primarily on D-Day and the related operations that followed. Omaha Beach had more than 2,400 ...

Omaha Beach had the highest casualty count of all the landings on D-Day. Skip to content. All Sections. ... Ehlers died in 2014 at age 92 and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery.