Operation Tiger, a massive live-fire rehearsal for the D-Day landings, turned into a disaster when German S-Boats snuck into ...
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Why the D-Day invasion came close to disaster

Before it became a turning point of World War II, the Normandy landings carried enormous risks and uncertainty. This video ...
D-Day veteran Charles Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded ...
On the morning of June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, marked a turning point in World War II. Over 150,000 troops landed on French soil, launching one of the largest ...
Medals didn’t matter on D-Day to soldiers like John Carpenter Raaen, Jr. “Never occurred to me,” said Raaen, now 103, a Winter Park resident and the only surviving Army Ranger who stormed Omaha Beach ...
Mr. Larson, the last survivor of a unit that stormed Omaha Beach in 1944, shared his memories on social media where he amassed a wide following. By Adeel Hassan Jake Larson, who was part of a unit ...
SOUTH HADLEY — While the world was honoring U.S. and allied troops on the 81st anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, this month, a Holyoke priest was in a small French chapel paying tribute to a ...
GRAVETTE -- It took more than 80 years, but a soldier from Gravette was finally returned home and laid to rest Monday. The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Rodger Dean Andrews, who died in the D-Day Normandy ...
MORRISON SHOWS US HOW OUR COMMUNITY HONORED HIS SACRIFICE ON D-DAY. U.S. ARMY SERVICE MEMBER, PRIVATE RODGER DEAN ANDREWS OF GRAVETTE, RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE D-DAY ...
U.S. Navy Seabee Maurice Dore's kindness to four French children during D-Day created a lasting bond between their families. Dore, fluent in French, helped the children after their mother was killed ...
On this 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Pentagon has shared a powerful connection between the Vatican and the U.S. military. Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, served as a Navy officer during ...