PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - World leaders spoke solemnly on the 80th anniversary of D-Day about the tens of thousands of Americans who stormed Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, charging into German gunfire in ...

American inventions proved their worth in the Normandy campaign that began on June 6, 1944. They allowed Allied forces to shoot, move and communicate in the arduous D-Day landings. From floating ...

Detailed recollections of daily life amid the Normandy campaign, portraying soldiers scavenging for food, tending wounded prisoners, and witnessing the destruction of villages. This account highlights ...

FILE - U.S. soldiers stand on the remains of a house as they inspect damage in Carentan, in the Normandy region of France, June 15, 1944. The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day is a mixed bag of ...

D-Day veteran and ambassador Stan Ford dies aged 100 - Tributes remember him as a man of ‘profound service and courage’ ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France - Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division Special Agents from the Europe Field Office joined military partners and international dignitaries at Normandy ...

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler’s forces couldn’t help but notice the hungry French boy by the ...