I have twice had the privilege of visiting the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, a tree-lined sanctuary nestled along the Normandy coastline. It’s a profoundly moving, soul-stirring ...

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 ...

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Seven decades after the "Boys of Omaha Beach" landed in Normandy, veterans and soldiers return seeking closure as they enter the final years of their ...

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech during an international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many ...

NORMANDY, France (KLTV) - On day four of their trip abroad, the Longview High School Choir visited Omaha Beach, one of five sites in Normandy involved in the initial D-Day invasion. Omaha Beach was ...

Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte d’Or, or “golden coast.” Since June 6 ...

More than 50 students will plant flags at Omaha Beach cemetery and march in parade at Sainte-Mère-Église.

I’ve come to Normandy to learn more about the invasion of France and to understand some, just some, of the forces at work in this critical moment in world history. The American Cemetery is a ...

A Bloomington High School student gave a presentation this summer about D-Day casualty Army Private Cecil Toler, 20, of ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — The invasion that helped change the course of World War II approaches its 79th anniversary. As veterans and world dignitaries commemorate this, here are some details about ...

The story of D-Day and the Shermans trying to swim to the shore of Omaha Beach is legendary. The 741st Tank Battalion would ...