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World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...
Day, 102-year-old Onofrio "No No" Zicari was awarded the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony at the Veil Pavilion ...
Standing on Omaha Beach, with the mist rolling in and the ocean stretching out before us, I felt an overwhelming sense of reverence for the courage that once filled this shore. The fog seemed to carry ...
This is one of a series of letters sent home by my uncle Russell Fox Taylor from the battlefields in France, Belgium and Germany, to his wife Lilla. His unit, ...
Omaha post office is named for World War II hero, Charles Jackson French ... When it became clear the raft would drift ashore to a beach held by Japanese troops, he jumped into the water, attached ...
Day, 102-year-old Onofrio "No No" Zicari was awarded the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in Las Vegas.