The D-Day generation is smaller in number than ever but back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 ...

Leonard Charles Groeger was among three from Northampton County who died on Omaha Beach fighting for the 1st Infantry ...

- This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (WIBW) - Fort Riley’s 1st Infantry Division attended the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France. According to Fort Riley officials, U.S. Army soldiers serving ...

The largest amphibious invasion in history was launched on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

Army Staff Sgt. William Owens was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for defending la fiere bridge during ...

History roars back to life in this powerful D-Day reenactment featuring the 1st Infantry Division at D-Day Ohio ... and sacrifice of those who stormed Normandy. This is history you can feel.

Five soldiers from Philadelphia will be recognized as part of the 81st D-Day anniversary, marking their service with the 1st ...

After last week’s column on Cpl. Richard Garland Ayers—who perished on the shores of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944—I received ...

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Among the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division. Its members faced a particularly ...