Decades after Staff Sgt. William Owens' heroic actions at La Fiere Bridge, his Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded thanks ...

The German column was advancing toward the overwhelmed American troops. The panzer grenadiers were aboard armored vehicles and flanked by Panther tanks. The vanguard had already clashed with the ...

Army Staff Sgt. William Owens was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for defending la fiere bridge during ...

Michelin, Delta and Best Defense flew 30 WWII veterans to France for the 81st D-Day anniversary, honoring their service with ...

The June 6 1944 invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach ...

“Pegasus Bridge was a key objective, it had to be secured so that the troops could make their way inland once they'd secured ...

A memorial sculpture which commemorates servicemen who played a crucial role in the D-Day landings has been unveiled at a ...

Tributes have been paid to a D-Day hero who helped capture Pegasus Bridge after his death aged 102. Trooper Roy Cadman landed at Sword Beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was part of the ...

Released less than two decades after the war ended, The Longest Day was based on Cornelius Ryan’s bestselling book and told ...

Domenic Simonetti was a proud son of immigrants, a violinist and member of the symphony orchestra in Philly. He won a ...

D-Day warriors - dubbed The 'Famous Five' - return to Sword Beach for an extraordinary picture exactly 81 years after the mighty Allied invasion was launched.