June 5, 2024 Anne Frank's spirits soared on D-Day: 'Friends are on the way,' she wrote of heroic GIs Anne Frank was elated upon hearing news of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. "Friends are on the way," the teenager wrote in her famous diary as hope erupted across occupied Europe.
June 5, 2024 D-Day at 80: One more mission to Normandy for the greatest generation Last year, only a handful of the Greatest Generation were able to make the D-Day commemoration ceremony. But this year, the 80th, is a big one, and 150 are expected.
June 5, 2024 Three men who died during D-Day invasion identified in last year Three more U.S. Army servicemen killed during 1944's historic D-Day operation have been identified, years after being buried as unknowns at Normandy American Cemetery.
June 4, 2024 Normandy family serves farmhouse cider, plus D-Day history, from medieval castle at Omaha Beach The Bernard Lebrec family farmhouse distillery sits between D-Day battle sites Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc. It serves reminders today of Normandy cuisine and military history.
June 3, 2024 World War II's D-Day: Photos reveal world's largest amphibious invasion Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II.
June 3, 2024 American WWII veterans travel to France to be honored for 80th anniversary of D-Day A group of 60 World War II veterans is leaving Atlanta on a chartered flight to France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with parades, school visits and ceremonies.
June 3, 2024 American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on celeb birthstones and birthplaces, plus salutes to D-Day and Old Glory This week's American Culture Quiz tackles topics from celebrity birthdays and birthplaces to the challenges of the D-Day invasion of Europe and the history of the American flag.
May 31, 2024 While men stormed Normandy, women worked as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains to achieve D-Day success On D-Day, hundreds of thousands of military women worked as codebreakers, ship plotters, radar operators and cartographers while soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy.
May 30, 2024 WWII veteran proud to be part of 'Greatest Generation': 'We saved the world.' World War II veteran Andy Negra Jr., who lives in Helen, Georgia, just turned 100. He proudly lays claim to being among the last of what is known as “The Greatest Generation."
May 30, 2024 On this day in history, May 30, 1868, first Decoration Day is held in remembrance of those lost in war The first Decoration Day was held on this day in history, May 30, 1868, as a precursor to Memorial Day, a day of remembrance to honor all those who died in war in service to our nation.
