The early morning view of Omaha Beach from a German bunker, site of Wn73, in Vierville-sur-Mer, France, in March 2025. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Michael Hoge) Omaha Beach ...

Day, U.S. Navy destroyers charged in dangerously close to shore, unleashing relentless fire to silence German bunkers pinning ...

A major indicator of the hard-fought battle that took place on Omaha Beach in June 1944 can be found in the sand itself.

A visitor actually traverses this pocked ground, now covered with green grass, and is able to walk inside several bunkers of reinforced concrete, some still harboring cannons. There are also other ...

The 173rd Airborne Brigade’s run from Pointe du Hoc to Omaha Beach highlights the importance of remembering and honoring the sacrifices made during World War II, ensuring that the stories of ...

D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach Here's what Walt Ehlers' said was their purpose on D-Day ...

June 6, 2024, will mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here’s one soldier’s account of what it was like to land on Omaha Beach during the ...

Just a few weeks ago, standing on a bluff overlooking Omaha, the wide beach, just as Dad had described, lay below.

At just 20 years old, Heinrich Severloh manned an MG42 atop WN62 on Omaha Beach—unleashing hell at 1,200 rounds per minute. While over 34,000 American troops stormed the shore below, Severloh, a farm ...