At sunrise on June 6, 1944, Hinrich Severloh manned an MG42 overlooking the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach. With fewer than ...

At only 20 years old, Heinrich Severloh manned an MG42 on WN62 overlooking Omaha Beach. For nine brutal hours, he fired into ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — The invasion that helped change the course of World War II approaches its 79th anniversary. As veterans and world dignitaries commemorate this, here are some details about what ...

The Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944 — code-named Operation Overlord — was a daunting enterprise and one of the riskiest gambles of World War II. The men who stormed the beaches ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

This commentary is written by Eric Hogan, a retired real estate developer and a Tybee Island resident. His father and two uncles were World War II veterans and sparked his lifelong interest in the ...

One of war photographer Robert Capa's images shows a wave of troops arriving on the Normandy beaches on D-Day. Robert Capa via National Museum of American History Between the villages of Vierville-sur ...

Dad rarely talked much about the war, but when he did, he always mentioned the wide sandy plain of Omaha Beach and how far it was from the surf to any safe haven in face of German sharpshooters and ...

Day 7 of our WCBD News 2 Viewers Trip is in the books! Another busy day in Normandy, starting with a trip to Pointe-du-hoc Ranger Monument on a steep cliff overlooking Omaha Beach. This site was ...