D-Day

Back to the beachheads: D-Day veterans return to Normandy

This year has special significance: Saturday is the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings on Normandy beaches and countryside by American, British and other Allied troops. President Obama is due to attend ceremonies at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (News Source: USA Today - 19:15:13)

For Black Unit on D-Day, ‘It Was Our Turn’

The American veterans William G. Dabney and George A. Davison were part of the only all-black unit in the D-Day landings, the 320th Anti-Aircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion. (News Source: New York Times - 18:24:09)

For Black Unit on D-Day, ‘It Was Our Turn’

The American veterans William G. Dabney and George A. Davison were part of the only all-black unit in the D-Day landings on Omaha and Utah beaches, the 320th Anti-Aircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion. (News Source: New York Times - 15:38:59)

Piecing together Obama grandpa’s D-Day

Surely, Stanley Dunham was gazing skyward 65 years ago, on D-Day. Dunham, the man whom Barack Obama would one day call Gramps, was a 26-year-old supply sergeant stationed near the English Channel with the U.S. Army Air Forces when the invasion of Normandy at last began. (News Source: Detroit Free Press - 16:09:59)

Near D-Day Landing Sites, Gratitude Toward the U.S. Has Not Faded

CRICQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN, France — Sixty-five years have gone by since D-Day, but Louis Delevin remembers. (News Source: Washington Post - 01:10:41)

Remembering D-Day

A group of LI veterans shared their memories of D-Day (News Source: WABC-TV New York - 19:58:48)

Obama’s Gramps: Gazing skyward on D-Day in England

Surely, Stanley Dunham was gazing skyward 65 years ago, on D-Day. Dunham, the man whom Barack Obama would one day call Gramps, was a 26-year-old supply sergeant stationed near the English Channel with the U.S. Army Air Forces when the invasion of Normandy at last began. Six weeks later, he crossed the Channel, too, and followed the Allied front across … (News Source: Boston Globe - 15:46:28)

American, German World War II vets remember fallen at D-Day ceremony

American and German World War II veterans paid respects to their fallen comrades at a cemetery near a D-Day landing site Friday before an international commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy. (News Source: New York Daily News - 17:19:42)

Obama To Commemorate D-Day In Normandy

Saturday is the 65th anniversary of D-Day when Allied troops stormed the beaches in Normandy. President Obama will join French President Nicolas Sarkozy to mark the anniversary. Renee Montagne talks to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about how U.S. presidents have used the venue to highlight their priorities. (News Source: NPR - 11:34:19)

World War II Museum to commemorate D-Day all weekend long

Patriotic music, panel discussions, re-enactments, swing dancing and a special commemorative cake will be among the offerings Saturday and Sunday at the National World War II Museum to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landing. (News Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune - 19:21:02)

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