Shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944, the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and tanks in history was launched. Its aim was to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupiers. Involving ...

An enormous force of infantry, armoured, airborne naval, and air forces stood poised to strike at the German beach fortifications and dense bocage of Normandy. All hopes for the liberation of ...

The Army veteran landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy. More than 4,400 Allied ... In 2022, Clanton was honored at Fort Sam Houston, decades after being discharged with no formal ...