D-Day

“Thank you, guys. Thank you.” Sitting in a wheelchair in front of the graves of fallen comrades at the Normandy American Cemetery, D-Day veteran Jake Larson ...

Omaha Beach had the highest casualty count of all the landings on D-Day.

The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day brings mixed emotions for French survivors of the Battle of Normandy.

Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

Eighty years ago, an attorney's French Jewish grandparents were on the run and on the verge of deportation when the Allied forces liberated Paris.

Candles are lit on each tombstone of the Commonwealth war cemetery of Banneville-La-Campagne, Normandy, France, during a ceremony as part of the 80th ...

By Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) -- The Catholic Church in France prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Normandy landings June 6, ...

At least, that's how he was described by Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, who happened to be on Anderson's boat as it motored toward the beaches of ...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey today released a video message to honor the 80^th anniversary of D-Day, paying tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of those ...

President Biden is in France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when tens of thousands of allied troops landed on the beaches at Normandy and ...

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement today on her participation in the bipartisan delegation to Normandy in remembrance of ...

Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) arrived in Cherbourg, France June 3, 2024, to commemorate their ...

U.S. Navy seaman ...

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President Joe Biden leaves Air Force One after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Biden is in France to mark the 80th ...

June 5, 1944, was a regular day for the Sacramento region, but 5400 miles, June 6, 1944 was a day-of-days for a number of Capitol City natives.

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President Joe Biden landed in Paris on a state visit that will unite 25 heads of state to commemorate 80 years since the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.

He was speaking in Portsmouth, one of the key departure points for the Normandy landings in June 1944. The King hailed the "courage, resilience and solidarity" ...

France grapples with memories of the destruction that came with Allied liberation — complicated stories of trauma and loss amid World War II heroism.

Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton are set to join a bipartisan congressional delegation that will be in France for the 80th ...

American troops storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Robert F. Sargent/Getty Images. The D ...

Eighty years ago, the liberation of Europe from the horrors of the Nazis began with Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Roanoke College graduate Robert Homer Anderson '42 was “a handsome, hollow-cheeked boy with a lot of style and a sort of easy petulance.” At least, that's how he was described by Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, who happened to be on ...

BENOUVILLE, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day ...

They are living history. Testaments to the greatest generation. Six Tampa Bay area veterans who served in World War II are guests of the Florida Elks ...

Among the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line the coasts of Britain and France, wildlife is thriving on the wreckage of war.

On the evening of June 6, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast a prayer for the Nation. At the time, war was raging in Europe, ...

Watch live coverage of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, as World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and ...

A few days before US President Joe Biden arrived on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a smaller war erupted on GZERO's ...

President Biden is in France for the rest of the week for D-Day celebrations and meetings with ally leaders.

President Joe Biden walks next to a French honour guard after arriving at Orly airport, south of Paris, on June 5, 2024. Evan Vucci/AP.

While the U.S. president's speech will be directed at a global audience, it comes against the backdrop of a fierce domestic political battle with Donald ...

President Joe Biden will join other world leaders to commemorate the Normandy landings, when Allied forces' surprise attack helped liberate Europe from Nazi ...

Photographer Luke Sharrett takes us to Normandy as the world remembers World War II's fallen soldiers.

Watch and follow live as events take place across northern France and the UK to remember the Normandy landings.

Moving letters from veterans were read out as ceremonies took place in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings, ...

They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw ... American soldiers huddle inside a landing craft approaching Utah Beach during ...

On June 6, 1944, Allied troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada landed on five stretches of the German-occupied French ...

This year's commemoration of the key turning point in WWII carries special resonance with war still raging in Ukraine.

Veterans and world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles, meet in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...

President Biden opened his speech commemorating D-Day by saluting World War II veterans, who he said "who met the test of ages that moment 80 years ago" on ...

CNN's Melissa Bell reports from an amphibious vehicle in Normandy as France marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

As veterans and world leaders gather to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, here's a look at how the operation unfolded.

Speaking just steps away from where 9,388 members of the US military who participated in the landings are buried, Mr Biden warned democracies across the globe ...

As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago.

Carl Howard Cartledge, Jr., Intelligence and Reconnaissance Section, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne: I was in plane number 44 on the 5th row.

President Joe Biden, French President Emanuel Macron and other world leaders will mark 80 years since allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on ...

Democracies of the world must again stand firm against aggression and tyranny and uphold the spirit of D-Day, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said ...

On D-Day, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. of the 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division ignored enemy fire and courageously led groups of soldiers from ...

President Joe Biden greets U.S. World War II veteran Victor Chaney after French President Emmanuel Macron awarded 11 veterans the Légion d'Honneur at the ...

President Biden said the historic invasion is a reminder of the costs of freedom and democracy — and the value of alliances. He evoked Ukraine, saying the ...

Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France. 2:01 P.M. CEST THE PRESIDENT: The hour had nearly come. Monday, June 5th, 1944.

World War II veterans from US, UK and Canada are in Normandy to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings.

King Charles and the Prince of Wales joined world leaders and veterans at a series of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

CHERBOURG, France — Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) arrived in Cherbourg, France June 3, 2024, ...

They were brave, they were resolute, they were ready,” President Joe Biden said Thursday at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, ...