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Here’s What You Need to Remember: While approaching closer to the shoreline, U.S. Navy ships fought off heavy German attacks from mortars, artillery and machine guns. Struggling to withstand dangerous ...

Last week some of us were working on a display at the Blount Historical Museum. We looked closely at two jars of sand from the beaches assigned to the Americans on D-Day. One is a jar of sand from ...

This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. Uncredited / ASSOCIATED ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — A brief timeline of events on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Shortly after midnight: More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy. They are ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A brief timeline of events on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Shortly after midnight: More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy. They ...