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A D-Day veteran recalls his first moments under fire during the Normandy landings—an intense introduction to combat that ...
Camp Gordon Johnston, along a stretch of the Gulf Coast, served as a training ground for the U.S. Army’s largest amphibious ...
A couple from Colorado wondered for years if they’d be able to buy a home in France and make a new life for themselves. Last ...
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The Floating Harbors of D-Day

Ingenious floating harbors, known as Mulberry harbors, were pivotal to the D-Day landings. These engineering marvels enabled ...
Explore Normandy's living history—from WWII landmarks to medieval marvels—in a region where memory and geography converge.
Papa Jake Larson survived the D-Day Landings and the Battle of the Bulge and carried his generation's story into the social ...
It began on June 6, 1944, with the Normandy landings, one of the largest military assaults in history, and marked a turning point in the war.
The remains of a Houston man were identified 81 years after his landing craft sank during the D-Day landings of World War II, ...
Tributes have poured in from across the U.S. and Normandy, where 'Papa Jake' Larson was celebrated for his role in defeating ...
A D-DAY veteran war hero who became a TikTok sensation late in life has died aged 102. Papa Jake Larson survived German ...
Jake Larson, a beloved World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake” who captivated millions with his ...