Utah Beach Utah Beach was one of the two American landing zones on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Situated on the Cotentin Peninsula, it was the westernmost beach of the five Normandy landings. Despite the ...

Thanks to Normandy's unpredictable weather ... Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches, is collectively known as the D-Day Beaches.

Bronze sculptures of Raymond Fagen and 11 other infantrymen charging out of a Higgins' boat and onto Utah Beach on D-Day provided a dramatic backdrop for James A. LaCoursiere Jr. and the quiet, to-the ...

The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France ...

The landings in Normandy comprised nearly 50 miles of coastline, including Juno, Gold, Sword, Utah, and Omaha beaches. Most of the American casualties came at Omaha Beach, where German resistance ...

Today this piece of coastline, which includes Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah beaches ... information about the beaches and D-Day memorials and museums, visit the Normandy Tourism website.

Nathaniel Shuda, suburban editor for The Columbus Dispatch and news editor for the Newark Advocate, explains how and why he ...

The French government is preparing to present Alan Kinder, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, with the Legion of Honor, the European country’s highest decoration.

Colin Flint, Utah State University (THE CONVERSATION ... floating piers that allowed Allies to deploy land vehicles onto the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944. As an expert on the history and ...

During the war, the Yanks were “over-sexed, overpaid and over here”. Now, our old allies in the EU are dealing with punitive ...

And while the major companies gave hefty donations to the group that organized the trip, the attorneys general joined for free. The list of invitees was not meant to be widely shared, according to a ...