Stars and Stripes

101-year-old D-Day medic who served in 2 wars honored at his home in Normandy

Now 101, Shay is one of a dwindling number of living D-Day vets. Over the years, he has been a fixture at annual remembrance ceremonies commemorating the June 6, 1944, Allied assault on the beaches of ...

D-Day vet who moved to Normandy in final years dies at 101

Charles Norman Shay was believed to be the last of roughly 500 Native American soldiers who came ashore at Normandy, France ...
Kotaku

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - Battle of Normandy

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - Battle of Normandy IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy brings the air war surrounding the successful Allied ...
Oregonian

Last surviving WWII vets land at Normandy, for D-Day and fallen friends

OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many ...
WW2 Wayfinder on MSN

Why the Battle for Carentan Became a Turning Point After D-Day

The battle for Carentan was one of the most critical yet overlooked fights of the Normandy campaign. The 501st Parachute ...
The Boston Globe

A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the ...
WTVD

Veteran reconstructed Invasion of Normandy battle scene in garage

CHICAGO -- Vietnam veteran Jerome Weatherspoon has a special hobby. Weatherspoon, a 67-year-old retiree, reconstructed the battle scene of the Invasion of Normandy, complete with replica war ...