The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
Code-named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
One iconic image from D-day is one of beached LSTs on Omaha beach. Floating above the ships are silver oval shaped balloons as military vehicles drives off the LSTs. These balloons are known as “barrage [Read more]
The danger in researching hundreds of shared experiences is the risk of becoming desensitized over time. The sheer scale of WWII consumed/affected vast resources and countless lives. Thus by default – depending on the branch [Read more]
RICHARD “DICK” BAILEY – US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 322d Bombardment Group, 450th Bomb Squadron Mr Richard ‘Dick’ bailey had wanted to fly ever since childhood and traded labor for flight instruction at [Read more]
GUY WHIDDEN – US Army, 101st Airborne Division, 502nd PIR As Paratrooper Guy Whidden during the early hours of D-day June 6th 1944 jumped out of an airplane over Normandy plastic 1/6th scale toys would [Read more]
Royal Marine veteran Mr. Stuart Henry Sinden was a gunner among a crew of 6 on a LCM (Landing Craft Mechanised) landing the Suffolk Regiment on Juno Beach on D-Day. The vessel would be his [Read more]
Herman Zeitchik served with the 4th Infantry Division, landing on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944 (D Day). He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, liberation of Paris, and liberation of Dachau concentration camp. [Read more]
WILLIAM “BILL” PARKER – US Army Staff Sargent, 29th Infantry Division, 116th Infantry’s 2nd Battalion Company E third platoon, D-day veteran Omaha Beach “War is Hell” those 3 words have been used by many veterans [Read more]
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