In response, the Navy began forming specialized demolition teams in 1942. These early units were created from experienced ...

In the opening hours of the Normandy invasion, the eastern flank at Sword Beach was critically exposed. Two key bridges over ...

At the Verville Draw on Omaha Beach, the Americans faced one of the most lethal choke points of D-Day - a paved exit trapped ...

One of the last D-Day heroes has fulfilled his final wish, being granted a medal recognizing his role in the historic ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — David Jones celebrated his 101st birthday in Brooksville, surrounded by family and friends. He was ...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A World War II-era mortar washed ashore on a beach on the first weekend of the new year. Deputies went to Pepper Park Beach at 3302 N. S.R. A1A, north of Fort Pierce, about 3:30 p.m ...

Francis ‘Jim’ Grant joined the Royal Marines aged 18 in 1943 and served until 1946, patrolling beaches and escorting allied ...

One of the last D-Day heroes has fulfilled his final wish after being granted a medal recognising his role in the historic ...

Francis "Jim" Grant, a Royal Marine and one of the last surviving British D-Day soldiers, died last week at 101.

Plans have been submitted to place a D-Day 80 beacon next to the Landing Craft Tank on Southsea seafront. The beacon would sit on land between the Landing Craft Tank and the entrance to the D-Day ...

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th, paid tribute in a statement to the life of Bedford County resident Lucille Boggess, an advocate for establishing the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford and a former ...