Last living WW II veterans return to Normandy as U.S. marks 81 years since D-Day
The last living WWII veterans returned to Normandy Friday as the U.S. marked 81 years since D-Day.
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The last living WWII veterans returned to Normandy Friday as the U.S. marked 81 years since D-Day.
President Biden had a beautiful and historic backdrop for his speech in France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Senator Chris Van Hollen announced bipartisan legislation to award a Medal of Honor to a Black Maryland World War II veteran.
Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
The granddaughter of General Dwight D. Eisenhower thanked those who carried out the D-Day invasion, telling them during a 70th anniversary commemoration Friday at the nation's World War II Memorial that "the world would have been a very different place" had their campaign failed.
Robert L. Sales landed at Normandy in the first wave of the D-Day offensive and fought his way across France before he was wounded and left partially blind. On Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande will make Sales a knight of the Legion of Honor, a ceremonial thank-you for helping liberate France from Nazi German occupation.
Officials working to build a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington are launching a new short film online to mark the 69th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II.
Three historians are recommending the use of passages from key speeches by President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- including his message to troops during the D-Day invasion -- to help represent the 34th president in a planned memorial in the nation's capital.
