UNESCO Ponders Making D-Day Landing Beaches a World Heritage Site
While considered hallowed ground in many countries, the historic D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, France, have not been seriously considered as a UNESCO World...
End Day with Refreshing Cider and Calvados
Vergers de Romilly
After a full day of WW2 battlefields and cemeteries, we made a detour on a side road just behind La Cambe German...
Military History Sites in Boston
BOSTON—No other city in America can offer a visitor so comprehensive a look back through our nation's history as Boston. From the site of...
Additional Airborne Sites West of the Merderet River
Additional Airborne Sites West of the Merderet River
In addition to the Merderet River crossing sites we list in the “D-Day Visitor’s Handbook,” there are...
Visit to Buenos Aires, An Argentine Adventure
By Jerry Bastarache
When a cold winter chills your soul, get yourself down to Argentina as quick as you can. Below the equator, it is...
Normandy Chateau Housed Famous Journalist Camp
VOUILLY, France—Some of the biggest names in journalism camped out in tents in front of a medieval chateau while covering the epic battles of...
7 Misconceptions About the D-Day Landing at Omaha Beach
On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 soldiers from the United States and other allied nations invaded the coast of France to overthrow the...
