The story of D-Day and the Shermans trying to swim to the shore of Omaha Beach is legendary. The 741st Tank Battalion would suffer extreme losses off the coast of Omaha Beach due to a combination ...

A battle-scarred American flag believed to be the first planted on Omaha beach during the 1944 D-Day landings is expected to fetch more than $55,000 at auction next week, Updated on Dec 10 ...

S tanding on Omaha Beach, with the mist rolling in and the ocean stretching out before us, I felt an overwhelming sense of reverence for the courage that once filled this shore. The fog seemed to ...

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 ...

Today, the Normandy beach once code-named “Omaha” shows few visible signs of the events of June 6, 1944, when more than 160,000 Allied troops assaulted the heavily fortified, German-occupied ...

A telegraphist who was part of the second wave to storm Omaha Beach as part of the Normandy Landings has described the historic battle as a "bloodbath". John Daniels, 104, who lives in Hitchin in ...

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A D-Day veteran has said he will "never forget" the bloody attack on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 that led to 1,700 American lives being lost. Joe Turpin, now 98, served on the ship HMS Ryde which ...