Part II: Planning Your Trip to Normandy and the D-Day Landing...

Eating in Normandy… After reading Part I, you have landed in France, rented a car at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, have driven to Bayeux (stopping...

Charleston Lives in the Past and Present

CHARLESTON, S.C.--History and Charleston are inseparable.  Founded in 1670, immigrants first came here to escape religious oppression.  Later, many became wealthy through the rice,...

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...

The Saga of the U-505

Late in the forenoon watch on Sunday, June 4, 1944, a sonar man on USS Chatelain reported a suspicious contact 800 yards off the...

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...

Traffic Conditions for D-Day’s 75th Anniversary

D-Day Overlord There have been more restrictions on motor vehicle traffic for the 75th anniversary of D-Day events in...

Brigadier General Wilma Vaught: Pioneer Air Force Officer

This interview was originally published in Recon Magazine in 2005. As president of the Women’s Memorial Foundation board of directors, retired Air Force Brig. Gen....

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...

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...

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...
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