Day veteran from Kent has marked his 100th birthday. In June, Peter Smoothy, a former Herne Bay pub landlord, walked the ...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most ...

Less than 24 hours after this image was taken, the unit would arrive on shore at Sword Beach, one of five landing areas ...

A century of life, a moment of history. Peter Smoothy, a D-Day hero, reflects on the day that changed the world and the lives ...

The remains of a U.S. soldier who was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy during World War II have returned to ...

PHOTO PROVIDED Pictured is the Normandy American Cemetery in France. The photo was taken during local resident, Michael ...

French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault.

NORMANDY — As a student of military history, especially World War II, I had longed to perhaps someday visit Normandy, the ...

LONDON—D-Day veteran George Chandler, who sought to counter sometimes glamorous depictions of the landings by recalling the horrors he witnessed escorting US troops to the beaches of northern France ...

Thousands of service members who fought next to Ingutti died on the beaches of Normandy during Operation D-Day on June 6, ...

Ingutti, a Navy veteran, served during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. “We were there the morning of the invasion at 6 in the morning. I was in the Navy and we had to rush everybody in there,” he ...

At 103-years-old, Navy veteran Jim Ingutti said he’s content with the hard work he’s poured into building his life. For ...