Tag: D-Day
US Navy Memorial Postpones Normandy Lone Sailor Dedication to 2022
The United States Navy Memorial will postpone the official ceremony of the Normandy Lone Sailor statue dedication due to the ongoing pandemic. The Dedication...
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...
The Maisy Battery
(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)
Sometime in 1943 the German occupying force in Normandy began construction of a coastal gun battery near the inland village of...
Bloody Omaha, Part II
2nd in the Series...
IV
After baulking at American proposals for eighteen months, serious planning for a cross-Channel attack began in December of 1943, after the...
Medics Showed Bravery at Norman Church
ANGOVILLE-AU-PLAIN, France—An off-the-beaten-path medieval church was the scene of unbelievable heroism on a week in 1944 full of valor.
At the Romanesque church at Angoville-au-Plain,...
29th Division Honors Fallen During 75th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion
VIERVILLE-SUR-MER, France—The top officer in the National Guard, and one of the oldest survivors of the D-Day landings, commemorated the 75th anniversary of the...
Friendship Built Through War Continues After 75 Years
Photos by Regina DeCoster
VIERVILLE-SUR-MER, France—The horror of war created a friendship for two families that has survived after...
D-Day Beaches’ UNESCO Bid Delayed
Sad quote: [T]he UNESCO committee responsible for reviewing such applications decided last year to take a step back and figure out how to deal with what it calls “sites associated with memories of recent conflicts.” A meeting on the matter is scheduled for next year.
Bloody Omaha, Part I
Remembering OMAHA BEACH after 75 years
I
On June 6 this year we will celebrate the...
Historic Moment the 29th Division Hit Omaha Beach
Military History Travel
Hit the link above to see the historic moment, 0620, that the 29th Infantry Division hit...
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