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

The Longest Day is a 1962 epic war film that depicts the Normandy D-Day landings of June 6, 1944 and boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including John Wayne ...

As has been immortalised in the film The Longest Day and in many history ... taking veterans to Normandy to the D-Day commemorations. The Pegasus Bridge Café, renamed after the winged emblem ...

My favorite book on D-Day is … "The Longest Day," the 1959 narrative ... whose unit has been tasked with securing Pegasus Bridge. Maj. Howard was Todd’s commanding officer.

Serving soldiers have paid tribute to the heroic efforts of their Second World War brothers in arms at a ceremony marking the first key battle of D-Day ... at the Pegasus Bridge memorial to ...