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WWII D-Day: Utah Beach in 15 seconds

On June 6, 1944, American forces landed at Utah Beach, the westernmost sector of the Normandy invasion. In just 15 seconds, ...
Hundreds of people, some in Second World War-era uniforms, arrived before dawn to stretch out across the now peaceful sands of Utah Beach, one of the five Allied landing zones on D-Day where troops ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 6, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. I have always wondered about Utah Beach. On June 6, ...
U.S war veterans salute during a ceremony outside the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday, June 5, 2023. (Thomas Padilla/AP) ON UTAH BEACH, France — World War II veterans shared ...
ON UTAH BEACH, France - Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid. "It was tough," the ...
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France — Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid. “It was tough,” the ...
British World War II veteran Bill Gladden, left, speaks with U.S. WWII veteran Jack M. Larson in the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday. Dozens of World War II veterans have ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II ...