On the 6th of June 1944, D-Day commenced. The largest amphibious operation in history marked the start of the liberation of ...

U.S. war veterans attend a ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control, at the American Cemetery in ...

A Dothan man received the highest French decoration for his participation in the liberation of Metz, France during World War II in the cold winter of 1944. John Little Jr., originally from Greenville, ...

ON UTAH BEACH, FranceON UTAH BEACH, France — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th ...

France awarded its highest honor, the Légion d’honneur, to the Chinese contingent’s last survivor in 2006. Huang Tingxin, ...

PARIS (AP) — France is getting ready to show its gratitude toward World War II veterans who will return, many for the last time, to Normandy beaches this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of ...

On Aug. 15, 1944, 21-year old Roger Smith piloted a CG-4 glider into a vineyard near the village of Le Muy as part of the aerial wave of Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France that ...

Harold Terens, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, and his fiancée Jeanne Swerlin, are preparing to marry in France. Despite being widowed, both Terens and Swerlin fell in love after being introduced ...

ON UTAH BEACH, France — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive ...

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British World War II veteran Bill Gladden, left, speaks with U.S. WWII veteran Jack M. Larson in the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday. Dozens of World War II veterans have ...