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 ...

"Omaha beach. We landed on Omaha beach," Martinez ... "Keep laughing and shut up," he said. At 100, World War II veteran Tony Martinez has a long lifetime of memories. "We were MP's over in ...

Felix Maurizio returned to the beach in Normandy for the first time since 1944 when he was 19 and fought there during World War II, manning a landing craft on Omaha Beach. Military service members ...

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism. He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the ...

The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. James L. Harrington, a 21-year-old soldier from Cincinnati, Iowa, who was killed during World ...

DAN SNOW: The stakes were high, the next 24 hours would determine the outcome of the war, if the invasion was ... wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops ...

John Hilgert, director of the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs, speaks at a medal ceremony honoring an Omaha World War II veteran. The ceremony is part of an initiative launched earlier this ...