(NewsNation) — Just 80 years after Harold Terens landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of the D-Day operation, he made another memory at the site: marrying his fiancée, Jeanne Swerlin.

The numbers are staggering: 160,000 Allied troops. Five thousand ships and 13,000 aircraft. All to take a heavily fortified 50-mile stretch of French shoreline, a herculean effort to reclaim a ...

OMAHA BEACH, France — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, ...

Visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful trips you can take in France. This 3-day itinerary helps ...

I’ve covered many anniversaries of D-Day, and they never lose their power to move. We were at the 81st anniversary at the stunning American cemetery in Normandy near Omaha Beach on Friday. American ...

U.S. soldiers assist American WWII veteran Fred Taylor during a ceremony on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, June 4 in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada ...

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the Nazis. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of World War II veterans joined a new ...

President Biden met Thursday with veterans who landed on the shores of Normandy beaches, during his trip to France marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The president and first lady Jill Biden stood ...

More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. A small handful told NPR about their... They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in ...

Francis ‘Jim’ Grant joined the Royal Marines aged 18 in 1943 and served until 1946, patrolling beaches and escorting allied troops.

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