Nevertheless, soldiers' words relay the many emotions experienced by the men who fought on D-Day. Many of the details of the landing were only learned by friends and relatives long after the ...

a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day. Terens, a gregarious and energetic 100-year-old, will be honored in June by the ...

Every single plane on D-Day had stripes to reduce the risk of friendly fire.” After painting, the crews were called into a briefing and discussed strategies they had trained on for more than a year.

Four U.S. military veterans from Massachusetts who served during World War II are back home after traveling to Normandy, ...

General Dwight D Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was the Supreme Commander of Allied forces during the campaign following D-Day. Following the war he went on to become President of the United States of ...

Tributes have been paid to D-Day hero Reginald Pye after his death at 101. Reginald, from Burry Port in Carmarthenshire, was a Royal Engineer in 1944 and cleared mines during the landings.