Omaha Beach is an incredible, moving D-Day site in Normandy, and we loved visiting. From standing on the beach, to Pointe du Hoc, to the American Cemetery, to the museums in the area, we were so ...

NORMANDY, France — Virginia National Guard Soldiers stood in silent formation Friday morning as the sun broke over Omaha Beach, paying tribute to the heroes who stormed these sands 81 years ago.

The largest amphibious invasion in history was launched on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. For this year’s 81st ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, ...

PARIS (AP) -- Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay ...

Shay was a combat medic assigned to an assault battalion in the first wave of attack on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (Virginia Mayo/AP Photo) Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a ...