Tom McDade may not have been the only D-Day veteran in Park Forest, but his heart never left the community he helped create.

The Americans landed at Omaha and Utah beaches, the British at Gold and Sword, and the Canadians and British at Juno Beach ... created 17 million maps to support D-Day operations.

The landing zones for D-Day were code-named as part of the massive effort to maintain secrecy. The Americans landed at Omaha and Utah beaches ... 17 million maps to support D-Day operations. A large ...

The Americans landed at Omaha and Utah beaches ... war planners created 17 million maps to support D-Day operations. A large number of ships in front of Omaha Beach delivering troops, equipment ...

"It’s hard to believe but I saw that beach bounce. I could just see it vibrating," said Don Buswell of Ogden, who was aboard ...

How did Utah and Omaha beaches — two chunks of French sand that were the scenes of the best-known day in American military ...

A public event to honor D-Day will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the Memorial Park Pavilions at 313 Hancock Ave.

ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — 81 years ago, World War II allies invaded Normandy, liberating France and Western Europe, and laying the path to victory. “We came in on a landing craft with the front ...

Amid this inferno, 20-year-old Utah native Donald William Pullan – assigned to the 911th Air Engineering Squadron – arrived four days after D-Day, jumping into waist-deep water, his boots sinking into ...