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 ...

"Omaha beach. We landed on Omaha beach," Martinez ... "Keep laughing and shut up," he said. At 100, World War II veteran Tony Martinez has a long lifetime of memories. "We were MP's over in ...

it has been estimated that up to 4% of the “sand” on Omaha Beach is actually comprised of shrapnel that has broken down into tiny pieces in the decades following World War II. Geologists from ...

Battalion Sgt. Major Jim Mardin served in the U.S. Army in an anti-aircraft unit, disembarking onto Omaha Beach in Normandy ...

Unaware of the drama at the Ponte Boch Coxon Jimmy Green was taken from the first wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops we took in were from Bedford Virg ...

was planted by a U.S. army engineer on Omaha Beach, the scene of some of the bloodiest battles when Allied forces stormed the Normandy coast of France in World War II. The Dallas auction house ...

Mark Curtis shares the life advice from someone who is truly able to say they've seen it all as a 100-year-old veteran.

No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had ... 19, 1945, on Green Beach, near the foot ...

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism. He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the ...