Parachute jump kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.

• Jun 3, 2024

How lawmakers will mark 80 years since D-Day

This week marks 80 years since the D-Day invasion, where American paratroopers played a key role in what was a turning point in World War II. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is preparing to honor their sacrifice.

• Jun 3, 2024
• 4:47

Marking 80 years since D-Day

France will hold a series of ceremonies this week to commemorate 80 years since the D-Day invasion. While the remaining living Americans who participated in the attack are mostly too old to make the trip, those that could traveled to France for the occasion. Elaine Cobbe shares their stories.

• Jun 2, 2024
• 2:59

World War II veterans travel to France to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day

Almost 160,000 Allied troops landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, in a massive operation designed to break through heavily fortified German defenses and begin the liberation of Western Europe.

• Jun 1, 2024

Museum works to preserve stories of WWII veterans

More than 16 million Americans served in World War II, but now only about 100,000 are still alive. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans is working to teach their stories to a new generation. Barry Petersen has more.

• Jun 1, 2024
• 2:31

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President. Trump, World leaders commemorate D-Day; Invasion veteran parachutes into Normandy

• Jun 6, 2019
• 40:41

Last French commando who took part in D-Day landings dies at 100

Leon Gautier was one of only 177 elite French troops who were able to join the brazen Allied attack on Nazi-occupied France in 1944.

• Jul 3, 2023

U.S. Army Air Forces pilot killed on D-Day laid to rest in Normandy 78 years later

Lt. William J. McGowan's P-47 Thunderbolt was shot down over France's Moon-sur-Elle on June 6, 1944.

• Jul 12, 2022

Airman killed on D-Day buried 78 years later

A U.S. Air Force lieutenant who was killed when his plane was shot down over France on D-Day was finally buried in Normandy, nearly 80 years later.

• Jul 9, 2022
• 0:20

As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman meets Ernie Andrus, 90, who is running to make sure that one of the unsung heroes of the war, the landing ship tank, is never forgotten

As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman meets Ernie Andrus, 90, who is running to make sure that one of the unsung heroes of the war, the landing ship tank, is never forgotten.

• Jun 6, 2014
• 2:30

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from June 3, 2014

Republican leaders and some Democrats argue the Obama administration intentionally left them in the dark about the prisoner swap that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl; and, Jim Axelrod hears the story of what happened during the D-Day rehearsal -- kept secret by the U.S. military -- firsthand from an American veteran.

• Jun 3, 2014
• 20:56

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from June 2, 2014

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is listed in stable condition and for the moment is isolated from the controversy surrounding his release; and, Dean Reynolds shares the story of one American who helped liberate Europe 70 years ago.

• Jun 2, 2014
• 20:10

6/5/19: CBSN Evening News

Remembering D Day 75 years later; D-Day veteran skydives to pay tribute his past

• Jun 5, 2019
• 43:48

Seventy years after the D-Day invasion, France honored 34 additional American veterans. The men were decorated as knights of France’s legion of honor

Seventy years after the D-Day invasion, France honored 34 additional American veterans. The men were decorated as knights of France’s legion of honor. Each vet was given an insignia for his role in liberating France from Nazi occupation. Vinita Nair reports.

• May 10, 2014
• 0:46

Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France was one of the first towns to be liberated by Allied forces on D-Day

Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France was one of the first towns to be liberated by Allied forces on D-Day. Some of its citizens honored those American troops in a ceremony at the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, S.C. WCSC has the story.

• Sep 2, 2014
• 1:36

Historian Kenneth C. Davis, author of the popular “Don’t Know Much About History” series, joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” with a look back at WWII and D-Day

Historian Kenneth C. Davis, author of the popular “Don’t Know Much About History” series, joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” with a look back at WWII and D-Day – the beginning of the end for Hitler’s brutal Nazi conquest of Europe.

• Jun 7, 2014
• 3:39

President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday on the sidelines of a lunch for world leaders attending D-Day commemoration ceremonies

President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday on the sidelines of a lunch for world leaders attending D-Day commemoration ceremonies, marking their first face-to-face conversation since the crisis in Ukraine erupted. Chip Reid reports.

• Jun 7, 2014
• 2:58

The 70th anniversary of the Normandy invasion brought more than a dozen world leaders together

The 70th anniversary of the Normandy invasion brought more than a dozen world leaders together. Alongside them was the dwindling number of veterans of that momentous battle. Mark Phillips reports.

• Jun 7, 2014
• 2:28

World War II Allies met on the beaches of Normandy to remember the longest day and their finest hour

World War II Allies met on the beaches of Normandy to remember the longest day and their finest hour. Maurice DuBois reports.

• Jun 6, 2014
• 1:00

35 young men from Bedford, Virginia, were among first soldiers to storm Normandy beaches, and many of them never came home

35 young men from Bedford, Virginia, were among first soldiers to storm Normandy beaches, and many of them never came home. Jan Crawford reports.

• Jun 6, 2014
• 4:23

For the remaining survivors of the D-Day invasion, some now in their 90s, this has been a week for one final reunion

For the remaining survivors of the D-Day invasion, some now in their 90s, this has been a week for one final reunion. And as Mark Phillips explains, for one D-Day veteran it’s taken him 70 years to finally confront a ghost from his past.

• Jun 5, 2014
• 2:46

The clock is ticking for veterans of D-Day, the largest sea invasion in the history of the world that led to the defeat of Hitler's Germany. Now in their 90s, survivors are still telling their stories as the last witnesses to the history they made

The clock is ticking for veterans of D-Day, the largest sea invasion in the history of the world that led to the defeat of Hitler's Germany. Now in their 90s, survivors are still telling their stories as the last witnesses to the history they made. Mark Phillips reports.

• Jun 5, 2014
• 3:14

Jim Axelrod hears the story of what happened during the rehearsal -- kept secret by the U.S. military -- firsthand from an American veteran

As the Allies commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, there is one story from the invasion many people don't know. Jim Axelrod hears the story of what happened during the rehearsal -- kept secret by the U.S. military -- firsthand from an American veteran.

• Jun 3, 2014
• 2:29

Dean Reynolds shares the story of one American who helped liberate Europe 70 years ago

Dean Reynolds shares the story of one American who helped liberate Europe 70 years ago. Ninety-three-year-old Jim Martin was one of the paratroopers dropped behind German lines in the hours before the D-Day landings. He plans to jump again this week.

• Jun 2, 2014
• 2:58

"Face the Nation" looks back at the allied invasion of France that marked the beginning of the end of World War II

"Face the Nation" looks back at the allied invasion of France that marked the beginning of the end of World War II.

• Jun 1, 2014
• 2:35

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