June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy—the day in 1944 when allied forces from 13 countries stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the end of World War ...

Five years into World War II, the Allies were squeezing the Nazis from two sides. In Western Europe, Allied forces had managed to slow Adolf Hitler's ruthless expansion across the continent. Meanwhile ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the Nazis. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of World War II veterans joined a new ...

One hundred fifty World War II U.S. veterans, along with volunteers and representatives from the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), were present at Normandy American Cemetery in France to ...

More people should visit Normandy, France, particularly the D-Day beaches, where thousands sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of freedom. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.

D-Day veteran Charles Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded ...

The first time Harold Terens traveled to Normandy, he was 20 years old, a U.S. Army Air Forces corporal, and tasked with bringing freed American prisoners of war to England days after D-Day in 1944 — ...

CHICAGO -- Vietnam veteran Jerome Weatherspoon has a special hobby. Weatherspoon, a 67-year-old retiree, reconstructed the battle scene of the Invasion of Normandy, complete with replica war planes ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio veterans were reminded this week of the sacrifices made by the tens of thousands of troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. It’s been eight decades since ...

British Normandy campaign veteran George Chandler, shown here in June, of the Royal Navy speaks has died. He was 99 years old. (/Alastair Grant/AP) LONDON — D-Day veteran George Chandler, who sought ...

Naming a horse Battle of Normandy comes with high expectations that the horse will perform at a level worthy of the servicemen who were part of the largest amphibious invasion in military history ...