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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

"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 ...

Mark Curtis shares the life advice from someone who is truly able to say they've seen it all as a 100-year-old veteran.

Somewhere around 9,000 soldiers are buried in this Colleville-sur-Mer war cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach. Most of these lost their lives during the D-Day invasion. There's also a memorial ...

More World War II veteran stories ... and it wouldn't be long before he and others were asked to storm Omaha Beach at Normandy in German-occupied France. Was Omaha Beach it really like you see ...

it has been estimated that up to 4% of the “sand” on Omaha Beach is actually comprised of shrapnel that has broken down into tiny pieces in the decades following World War II. Geologists from ...

looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism. He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy, often ...