World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Friday, June 6 marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the massive Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 that became one of the most defining moments of World War II.

After 24 years since its disappearance, a family from Central Illinois was reunited with a Purple Heart from World War II.

Eighty-one years ago, the Normandy beaches witnessed a pivotal moment in World War II. D-Day marked the start of Operation Overlord. Allied forces from the US, UK, and Canada landed on five Normandy ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Friday marks 81 years since the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France. The pivotal mission helped free western Europe from Nazi control. This week, World War II veterans are ...

World War II veteran John “Harry” Kellers beamed from his folding chair Sunday morning, underneath a shade tent in the ...

John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold ... Army Rangers led the way.” It was during the D-Day invasion on the beaches of ...

President Eisenhower, the former Supreme Allied Commander of World War 2, once walked out of a D-Day classic movie he almost starred in. By George Simpson, Film & Music Editor.

The medal belonged to Army Private John L. Moore, a D-Day survivor who earned the Purple Heart after being wounded during ...

Widely seen as a turning point in World War II, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day, has long ...

Tonganoxie again will be the site of World War II re-enactors with this year’s Tonganoxie VFW Military Vehicle Show and D-Day ...