World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...

was planted by a U.S. army engineer on Omaha Beach, the scene of some of the bloodiest battles when Allied forces stormed the Normandy coast of France in World War II. The Dallas auction house ...

it has been estimated that up to 4% of the “sand” on Omaha Beach is actually comprised of shrapnel that has broken down into tiny pieces in the decades following World War II. Geologists from ...

Standing on Omaha Beach, with the mist rolling in and ... his experiences immortalized on the cover of my book, WWII Dispatches to Madison: Letters Home From An Army Air Corps Soldier.

Mark Curtis shares the life advice from someone who is truly able to say they've seen it all as a 100-year-old veteran.

Unaware of the drama at the Ponte Boch Coxon Jimmy Green was taken from the first wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops we took in were from Bedford Virg ...

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism. He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the ...

Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...