Some of the last surviving veterans of the D-Day invasion made a pilgrimage to the Normandy beaches in northern France ... end of World War II. American veterans began gathering at Omaha and ...

• An Arizona native who now lives in Tempe, Gomez served under Gen. George Patton during World War II and fought on both ...

Goss was among the first Americans to arrive on the beaches of Normandy on D ... take place June 6 on Omaha Beach. According to statistics from the National World War II Museum and the U.S ...

A telegraphist who was part of the second wave to storm Omaha Beach as part of the Normandy Landings has described ... of the allied campaign to liberate France and Western Europe from Nazi ...

World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...

NORMANDY, Fra. (WIVT/WBGH) — This Thursday will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France during World War II. While the ... will be visiting Omaha Beach, Utah Beach ...

Now 103 years old, Kiniry can share firsthand stories about the U.S. Army’s march from Omaha Beach in Normandy to Berlin ... in the good part of World War II,” he said. Kiniry is a longtime ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com ... CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where ...

World War II's successful Operation Overlord took place on the coast of France. Although there were ... which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the ...