Retired Army Lt. Col. Rex Smith recalls landing at Utah Beach during the Allies' invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

Battling with five-foot waves, thrashing winds and heavy enemy fire, U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft mounted a fierce attack on Utah Beach.

This flag flew aboard LCC 60, a vessel that guided waves of swimming tanks and landing craft to the “Tare Green” and “Uncle Red” sectors of Utah Beach. Landing Craft, Control (LCC) were 56 feet long ...

Battling rough seas with five-foot waves, thrashing wind gusts and heavy enemy fire, U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft attacking Utah Beach on D-Day actually managed to achieve total tactical ...

A D-Day landing at Utah Beach From tapes left by her father-in-law, Amy Calder shares an oral archive of his exploits during World War II.

June 6), here is a small bit of history for Utah Beach. The first U.S. soldier off the landing craft ramp was Capt. (later, Col.) Leonard T. “Max” Schroeder.

Strong currents hampered the landing craft and thick smoke form from the preceding shore bombardment made visibility poor.

But if you’re planning to visit Normandy this year, don’t miss the other American landing site — Utah. Utah Beach, added as a landing site late in D-Day planning, proved critical.

At just 18, my dad landed with the first wave at Utah Beach and fought for the next month, until a German bullet pierced his helmet, entering his skull and nearly killing him.

“We came in on a landing craft with the front down, and we jumped into the water,” Army veteran Don Parker recalled of landing on Utah Beach a few days later.

A dress rehearsal for the D-Day assault on Utah Beach cost the 4th Infantry Division and associated units nearly four times as many lives as they lost in the landing itself five weeks later. The ...

Utah Beach, added as a landing site late in D-Day planning, proved critical. This was where two U.S. paratrooper units — the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions — dropped behind enemy lines ...