DEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you” — those words inscribed by French schoolchildren on a big poster greeted dozens of U.S. World War II veterans, many in their 100s, ...

French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault. A warning - the next story is about sexual assault. It will last ...

PLABENNEC, France — As the world commemorated the 80th anniversary this year of the D-Day landings at Normandy and the liberation of Europe from the Nazis, one French family finally began to come to ...

SAINT-LO, France, June 5 (Reuters) - As world leaders gathered to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the thousands of civilian victims of Allied ...

World War II veterans listen during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (Evan Vucci/AP) OMAHA BEACH, France — As young soldiers, they waded through ...

Widely seen as a turning point in World War II, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy, often referred to as D-Day, has long been the subject of viral rumors with varying levels of legitimacy. As the ...

SUMMERVILLE — Grave plot No. 31 in Normandy, France, will share American soil for the first time since a young paratrooper from North Dakota was buried there. The handful of earth comes from Stephanie ...

PARIS - French officers pinned the Legion of Honor on the chests of 99 former American soldiers Saturday, thanking them at a pomp-filled military ceremony for helping to free Europe from Nazism 60 ...

FILE - French WWII veteran of the Commando Kieffer Leon Gautier attends a ceremony in tribute to the 177 French members of the "Commando Kieffer" Fusiliers Marins commando unit who took part in the ...