World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...
DAN SNOW: The stakes were high, the next 24 hours would determine the outcome of the war, if the invasion was ... wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops ...
"Omaha beach. We landed on Omaha beach," Martinez ... "Keep laughing and shut up," he said. At 100, World War II veteran Tony Martinez has a long lifetime of memories. "We were MP's over in ...
was planted by a U.S. army engineer on Omaha Beach, the scene of some of the bloodiest battles when Allied forces stormed the Normandy coast of France in World War II. The Dallas auction house ...
After the war, the U.S. Army awarded Shay a Silver ... Two years ago today, on the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, in a park overlooking Omaha Beach, the people of Normandy dedicated the Charles ...