Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during the Second World War. But I want to take you beyond the history books and ...

For years, Earl J. Buffington declined invitations to speak at local veterans’ events about being among the first troops on Omaha Beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. He preferred to keep the horrific ...

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Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 On D-Day, a roughly 7,000-yard stretch of beach in Normandy, France given the code name "Omaha" proved to be the Allies' biggest obstacle to the success of ...

Overlooking Omaha Beach is a small memorial to honor Native American troops who took part in the Normandy invasion more than 75 years ago, and now a group of French locals want to add to it. An effort ...

Erick and Carolina Garcia of Omaha are part of the group that left for France on Tuesday from Eppley. Chloe Aschenbrener says she’ll think of her great-grandparents, who both served. On this landmark ...

Heroic D-Day veterans gathered on Normandy's Omaha Beach to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the historic battle against the Nazis. Dozens of former US military soldiers visited the scene in France ...

The shores of Normandy were once invaded by Allied troops, but now face an invasion of wind turbines. French President Nicolas Sarkozy approved a controversial initiative that calls for construction ...

MIDDLEBURY — Two Middlebury Boy Scouts laid a wreath at the base of the Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach during the 2017 Normandy Camporee in Colleville-sur-Mer in France April 23. David ...