Tag: D-Day
Normandy Travel: 10 Reasons to Visit La Baie du Cotentin
La Baie du Cotentin, at the heart of the Cotentin Marshes Regional Natural Park in La Manche, is a land brimming with abundant nature...
Dispatch from Normandy: Honouring D-Day Veterans on the 75th anniversary
“They died for us. We can’t forget them.”
The words of a young French girl who attended the 75th anniversary of D-Day ceremonies at the...
Out of the Shadows: Omaha Beach Revelations at Maisy Battery
As Europe marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, fascinating stories about the hostilities are still coming to light. Gillian Thornton hears Gary...
Reflections on “The Greatest Generation” and D-Day in France
My relationship with the D-Day invasion began before I was born. My father landed on Omaha Beach in June, 1944 and I came along...
San Francisco D-Day Veteran Awarded Legion of Honour Chevalier
As a 22-year-old deck officer in command of a gun crew on a US Navy Landing Ship Tank (LST), Thomas Cooney helped launch the...
Not-to-Miss Remembrance Sites in Calvados, Normandy
Our selection of some of the more important museums and cemeteries in the département.
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