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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...