Charles Norman Shay was believed to be the last of roughly 500 Native American soldiers who came ashore at Normandy, France ...

As a medic, he saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach on D-Day before becoming a prisoner of war. Back home, a ...

PARIS (AP) — Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha ...

Two Normandy veterans say they have been banned from visiting Omaha beach on the 75th anniversary of D-Day because of security for President Trump. Ken Smith and fellow York veteran Ken Cooke , both ...

Omaha beach is located about 40 minutes by car from Caen in Normandy. 34,000 American soldiers landed there on D Day during the Second World War. But I want to take you beyond the history books and ...

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Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 On D-Day, a roughly 7,000-yard stretch of beach in Normandy, France given the code name "Omaha" proved to be the Allies' biggest obstacle to the success of ...

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A World War II tour guide has slammed a cafe on Normandy's Omaha beach, claiming it refused to serve a group of British soldiers 'because they are English'. Creperie la Falaise in Vierville-sur-Mer ...

Overlooking Omaha Beach is a small memorial to honor Native American troops who took part in the Normandy invasion more than 75 years ago, and now a group of French locals want to add to it. An effort ...

For years, Earl J. Buffington declined invitations to speak at local veterans’ events about being among the first troops on Omaha Beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. He preferred to keep the horrific ...