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 ...

World War II veteran Kenneth Smith, who was on the first U.S. warship to sail into the waters of Omaha Beach on D-Day, will ...

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 ...

Carl Schrat, a World War II veteran who served in the navy, was joined by Gov. Jim Pillen and honored at a World War II medal ...

DAN SNOW: The stakes were high, the next 24 hours would determine the outcome of the war, if the invasion was ... wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops ...