On a damp still morning in September 1944, more than three months after D-Day and the “Impossible Mission” at Point du Hoc, ...
Omaha Beach was supposed to fall quickly. Instead, it turned into a slaughter. Pinned down by machine guns, mines, and ...
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Dodging enemy fire on Omaha Beach

A vivid account of soldiers facing intense enemy fire on Omaha Beach during D-Day, highlighting courage, tactics, and the challenges of the Normandy invasion.
Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on ...
FILE - WWII veteran Charles Shay, 97 pays tribute to soldiers during a D-Day commemoration ceremony of the 78th anniversary for those who helped end World War II, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, ...