This eye-catching monument at Utah Beach celebrates the little-known Higgins Boat. It is located in the middle of the sandy path down to the beach. What you see here is a recreation of the D-Day ...
A crewman on a British motor torpedo boat leaving from Newhaven, George Chandler from Burgess Hill crossed the Channel on the afternoon of D-Day. His vessel was an armed guard for the American ...
The opportunity to sail on the mighty three-masted schooner Atlantic was almost too good to be true; and to do so on a glorious summer’s day in a 65-mile passage race in company with eleven other ...
A D-Day veteran who served as a torpedo boat gunner escorting American forces has died at the age of 99. George Chandler, from Burgess Hill, West Sussex, who lost his sight in later life ...
Think D-Day landing — and you’ve got a vision of ... Also based at Little Creek, some smaller ships you may see include the patrol boats of Marine Expeditionary Security Force Two.
FAIRFIELD BAY, Ark. – A disaster and a half is how the Office of Emergency Management described what strong winds did to docks overnight in northern Arkansas. Over a dozen boats capsized, washed ...