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Deseret News archives: How did Utah Beach figure in the D-Day invasion?
But remember, more than 4,000 American military members gave their lives that day, on Utah Beach and Omaha Beach. Now about the name Utah Beach? Per students of military history about the choice ...
Lehigh Valley veteran, one of last survivors who stormed the beaches on D-Day, dies at 102
World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...
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KS4 / GCSE History: Winning D-Day - The Sword Beach landings
The Americans would assault two beaches in the West code named Omaha and Utah ... the most ambitious of those was for the British landing at sword beach. Lying 7 miles inland and protected ...
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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
the LCVPs — short for Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel — designed and built by Higgins' firm were unloading wave after wave of American GIs on Normandy's Utah Beach during the D-Day landings.
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New coin marks 80 years since D-Day landings
The coin, launched with a 30 metre sand carving on a Normandy beach, will mark the 80-year ... with the attacks given the codenames Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. The landings were a pivotal ...
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Parts of Lewis and Clark Landing temporarily closing as river levels rise
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Officials with Omaha’s RiverFront say parts of Lewis and Clark Landing are temporarily ... begins Saturday and includes the Urban Beach, Riverfront Plaza, Marina and Sand ...