On June 6, 1944, after nearly five years of a global war, the invasion of Europe began behind the largest landing force the world had ever seen. The invasion, which became known as D-Day, began as ...

Eighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation Overlord – ...

Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted – still resonates today. With the bold invasion of Nazi-held Europe on June 6, 1944, the Allied forces ...

When the Allied Forces attacked the German army on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day 80 years ago this Thursday, Duke students and alumni were there. More than 2,500 Americans died on June 6, 1944, on ...

Now 101, Shay is one of a dwindling number of living D-Day vets. Over the years, he has been a fixture at annual remembrance ceremonies commemorating the June 6, 1944, Allied assault on the beaches of ...

Friends of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial are raising funds for a memorial paver to honor George Kerchner, a decorated World War II hero. Kerchner, a lieutenant in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, ...