The largest amphibious invasion in history was launched on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy ... and were to land at the Easy Green and Dog Red landing sectors.

“It was scary going into the unknown,” said McNamara, who led a six-man detachment onto Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion of Normandy ... the decorated World War II veteran died at his ...

At the annual meeting of the Fairmount Cemetery Association in May 1939, Bob Haseltine Jr. was appointed as the official caretaker. Nine years later, he was buried in the back row.

He learned his great uncle had stepped up as the senior noncommissioned officer remaining in his company after storming the beaches of Normandy ... Heart Medal and World War II Victory Medal.

Thanks to its proximity to Paris, Normandy makes for an ... Situated about 6 miles from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was the first city liberated after the D-Day landing. It's also the closest ...

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Fourteen times." He thought he knew everything important that had happened in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast during World War II. But not this. "I stood up and walked right into the Post ...

Viewing locations in Indian River County, St. Lucie County and Martin County include beaches, parks and bridges. Can a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, be seen farther south ...

except to say that it was not in any way part of the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival,' city spokesman Devon Ravine added, noting that the Fort Walton Beach Landing is five miles from Crab Island.

Edward Sandy, a WWII veteran, still remembers his part in the Normandy invasion starting June 6, 1944. He joined the US Navy at 17 years old.