The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in ...

Their official designation was Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel, or LCVP. Usually, they were just called Landing Craft. Sometimes they were called Higgins boats ...

Learn how American inventions that helped the Allies invade Normandy on D-Day gave way to equipment being used decades later ...

As I write these words, it is June 6, 2025, the 81st anniversary of the execution of the most daring and daunting military ...

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Shells exploded around them. Nazi gunfire pounded from the shoreline. It was D-Day, one of the 20th century’s most famous ...

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Ted Lombarski, a sergeant in the 16th’s F Company, recalled: ...

This original article has been re-written to include ten men from Covington County who participated in the D-Day invasions ...

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Stacker compiled a list of 50 facts and figures that defined D-Day, using resources like the D-Day Center and the Department ...

The remains of an Iowan soldier that were recently identified will be laid to rest 81 years to the day of his death.U.S. Army ...