I had never heard this kind of silence before, the kind you’d usually reserve for death. I was standing on Omaha Beach and listened for something, anything, really. Nothing. Not the wind, nor the ...

This article was originally published in June 1994 for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Ernest P. Leh joined the Army on Feb. 2, 1942, did basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and became part of the … ...

Staff Writer Bonnie Washuk recently toured Omaha Beach in Normandy while on vacation to Paris. She writes about the memorial there, intact German bunkers, American flags flown next to French flags ...

Between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach is Pointe du Hoc, a steep, narrow cliff that juts into the channel. A unit of 225 Army Rangers scaled this cliff in bad weather under enemy assault, and Reagan ...

The American-French ceremony at Omaha Beach began a day of 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations along the French coast once held by Nazis. On the cliffs above Omaha, congregants observed the ...

In a speech at Point du Hoc in Normandy, France, President Biden pays tribute to the rangers who scaled the 100-foot cliff overlooking Omaha Beach on D-Day 1944. "The rangers who scaled this cliff ...

The single most important day of the 20th century was 79 years ago on June 6, 1944, during the pinnacle of World War II. It will forever be remembered as D-Day, but the official code name was ...

One company of U.S. soldiers sparked success on D-Day. What to know about the angels of Omaha. The landing at Omaha Beach started as a disaster for the Allies until two groups of soldiers found a ...

Columnist Bill White gives his impressions of visiting Normandy, France in August where he walked on the beaches where Allied troops came ashore to begin the liberation of Europe on June 6, 1944.

The View From Omaha Beach. Aug 30, 2021 4 min read COMMENTARY BY. ... In 1984, President Ronald Reagan asked us to remember the U.S. Rangers who took the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, ...

Even after all these years, Pyle’s writing allows us to hear the sheer silence of Omaha Beach. ... A 75-mm German gun aims at the beach from a camouflaged cliff. (National Archives) ...

I walked 20 paces into the sea, turned around and looked back at the beach, Omaha Beach. Lying in peaceful repose in the warm Normandy sunshine, the beach was breathtakingly beautiful.