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Camp Gordon Johnston, along a stretch of the Gulf Coast, served as a training ground for the U.S. Army’s largest amphibious ...
A D-Day veteran recalls his first moments under fire during the Normandy landings—an intense introduction to combat that ...
Before joining OPD in 1947, Toft Jessen played minor league baseball for the New York Yankees and was part of a U.S. Army ...
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The Floating Harbors of D-Day
Ingenious floating harbors, known as Mulberry harbors, were pivotal to the D-Day landings. These engineering marvels enabled ...
The remains of a Houston man were identified 81 years after his landing craft sank during the D-Day landings of World War II, ...
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) returned to Naval Station Mayport July 23, ...
A couple from Colorado wondered for years if they’d be able to buy a home in France and make a new life for themselves. Last ...
Tributes have poured in from across the U.S. and Normandy, where 'Papa Jake' Larson was celebrated for his role in defeating ...
Microsoft is teaming up with the French government to create a digital replica of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, France's most ...
Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler's regime.