U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...

Exercise Tiger took place in April 1944 in preparation for the D-Day landings of Allied forces in Normandy. But during that rehearsal a German fleet attacked and about 749 US servicemen died. We hear ...

A World War II bomber pilot from Sydney reflects on his teary reunion with his mother, the Normandy landing and life after ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most ...

Breakthrough was praised for its realistic portrayal of D-Day and the brutalities of war. The film featured actual American ...

Henry Langrehr, 100, a Clinton native who as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division parachuted into France on D-Day, died ...

However, he was perhaps best known for his heroic actions on D-Day, June 6, 1944 ... Kerchner was later wounded near Saint-Lô but survived the war and was awarded the Distinguished Service ...

One woman’s project to commemorate the efforts of Allied forces during World War II from D-Day to the liberation of Paris ...

The diary is the only known first-person account from a Chinese officer who took part in the D-Day landings. This historic event was in France during the second world war. The discovery shows the ...

The D-Day Story Museum will be commemorating the end of World War 2 next month with swing dancing and wartime music.