BEDFORD, VA – 81 years after D-Day, the veterans are fewer, but the purpose remains. “Fewer and fewer of these heroic men are here to receive our thanks and to tell their story of a day that changed ...
The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...
The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...
Lee Habeeb is a Newsweek columnist, vice president of content at Salem Media Group, and host of “Our American Stories.” It was a few minutes before 10 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, when ...
The invasion resulted in heavy casualties, with over 6,000 American soldiers lost. John Tomassi, deputy director of public affairs at USAREUR-AF, reflected on the emotional impact of D-Day, saying, ...