In response, the Navy began forming specialized demolition teams in 1942. These early units were created from experienced ...

CLARKSBURG, Md. — Army Corporal Waverly Woodson, who settled in Clarksburg, Maryland after the war, was part of the massive Allied invasion of France that pushed out Nazi Germany and turned the tide ...

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

NORMANDY, France — A sunrise over any beach is beautiful. Peaceful. And when you're the only one walking on the sand it's perfect. But this isn't just any beach. This place is part of D-Day history.

President Joe Biden delivered a speech at a ceremony Thursday marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy ...

Visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful trips you can take in France. This 3-day itinerary helps ...

U.S. soldiers assist American WWII veteran Fred Taylor during a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, June 4 in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Eighty years ago, 150,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France on D-Day to rescue Europe from the tyranny of Nazi Germany. A local man who was there that day returned to Utah ...

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 centenarians, ...

Francis ‘Jim’ Grant joined the Royal Marines aged 18 in 1943 and served until 1946, patrolling beaches and escorting allied troops.

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is ...