To understand Memorial Day, I had to leave the country. On the beaches of Normandy and in tiny French villages covered with American flags and memorials, I learned about the Allies’ courage in ...

Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944 — better known as D-Day — marked a turning point in World War II. ... First, we can visit memorials and cemeteries.

Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings.

Perhaps there is no better way to describe June 6 than what former President George W. Bush said during the D-Day Memorial dedication on June 6, 2021: “America and the nations of Europe formed a ...

Ever since he landed on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944, WW II veteran Bill Harper dreamed of one day returning. He hoped to show his wife, Peg, the place where so many of his memories were forged as the ...

On June 6, 1944 during World War II, 160,000 Allied troops landed along Normandy Beach in France. Skip to ... Prime Minister Theresa May face the new sculpture at the British Normandy Memorial.

NORMANDY, France — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it will rise again Thursday over the Normandy beaches where the waves long ago washed away the blood and boot-steps of its soldiers ...

D-Day 80th Anniversary ALREWAS, ENGLAND - JUNE 6: 99-year-old Normandy veteran Simeon Mayou (L) is helped to lay a wreath during a service commemorating Normandy veterans at the Normandy Memorial ...

In 1994, a new bridge in the same style was installed to accommodate the widened canal, but no worry, the original bridge is in the backyard of the nearby Pegasus Memorial.

NORMANDY, France — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it will rise again Thursday over the Normandy beaches where the waves long ago washed away the blood and boot-steps of its soldiers ...

NORMANDY, France — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it will rise again Thursday over the Normandy beaches where the waves long ago washed away the blood and boot-steps of its soldiers ...