One day later, his brother Preston would die at at the Crisbecq Battery, a German artillery battery in France. Both brothers are buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Fritz Niland ...

On Wednesday, one day before the 80th anniversary, Ramsey arrived at Normandy — his ... training its naval guns toward German targets. “We became the field artillery for the 101st and 82nd ...

Landing by sea on the beaches of Normandy in June 1944 ... also awarded the Military Medal for helping to take out heavy German artillery which was pinning back his platoon, B Company.

Medics Robert Wright and Kenneth Moore recount the rigors of basic training, parachuting into Normandy, surviving German anti-aircraft artillery and carrying on their life-saving work.