A group of roughly two dozen veterans from World War II have traveled from Atlanta to Normandy, France for D-Day remembrances ...

Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set ...

The assault began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy ... we’d forget what happened here” on the beaches of Normandy. 11 U.S. VETERANS AWARDED WITH LEGION OF HONOR ...

Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches The target 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast that was ... who had taken over control of the defense of the Atlantic Wall in late 1943.

Allied ships return fire and bombard coastal defenses. 6:30 a.m.: Troops begin ... Midnight: All five beaches at Normandy are declared secure. CONTRIBUTING Frank Pompa SOURCE USA TODAY Network ...

Heroic D-Day veterans gathered on Normandy's Omaha Beach to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ... The gathering of US ...

This journey was organised by Best Defense Foundation ... where British and French troops landed on Sword Beach. Like others who come to Normandy for historical reenactments of what transpired ...

A devastated soldier is surrounded by dead bodies on Normandy beach Artist Marine Amaral released ... Nazi General Erwin Rommel inspecting his defences, a German Panzer VI Tiger I Tank camouflaged ...

Five beaches in Normandy were targeted by American ... Initial air and naval bombardments didn’t knock out strong defences making it hard work for soldier to clear beach obstacles later.

CHRIS HELGREN/Reuters/Corbis On a brilliant, spring morning in Normandy, the beach at ... their way through the fierce German defenses along this beach, the outcome of the entire invasion might ...