A telegraphist who was part of the second wave to storm Omaha Beach as part of the Normandy Landings has described the historic battle as a "bloodbath". John Daniels, 104, who lives in Hitchin in ...
A D-Day veteran has said he will "never forget" the bloody attack on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944 that led to 1,700 American lives being lost. Joe Turpin, now 98, served on the ship HMS Ryde which ...
Unaware of the drama at the Ponte Boch Coxon Jimmy Green was taken from the first wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops we took in were from Bedford Virg ...
A battle-scarred American flag believed to be the first planted on Omaha beach during the 1944 D-Day landings is expected to fetch more than $55,000 at auction next week, Updated on Dec 10 ...
World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...
FRAMINGHAM — Lino Covarrubias was standing on Omaha Beach in France last month, reflecting on nearly 800 U.S. soldiers who gave their lives on D-Day more than 80 years earlier, when he spotted a ...
She was there at the cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach on the D-Day anniversary, meeting the President of the United States and the First Lady. For a quiet farm girl who never sought attention ...