Utah Beach, added as a landing site late in D-Day planning, proved critical. This was where two U.S. paratrooper units (the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions) dropped behind enemy lines the ...

Utah Beach, added as a landing site late in D-Day planning, proved critical. This was where two U.S. paratrooper units (the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions) dropped behind enemy lines the ...

Unbeknownst to the men of LCC 60, the combination of limited visibility with a strong ocean current and winds caused the first wave of landing craft they directed to come ashore about 1,000 to 1,500 ...

2. Utah Beach Landing Museum As the name suggests, this museum focuses on the landing at Utah Beach. But before going in, it’s worth walking around the several memorials outside the museum.

If you don't know what bunker you're looking at, then you might not know it was in the direct landing path of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach, the westernmost of the D-Day beaches.

The story of the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum near Granite Falls is part of a series called Lakes Country Treasures. Here, ...

And the Germans returning fire on the invading Allied landing craft. When the gate on Moseman's landing craft dropped open off Utah Beach, he discovered they were too far from shore.

But it could have been far worse.” June 6), here is a small bit of history for Utah Beach. The first U.S. soldier off the landing craft ramp was Capt. (later, Col.) Leonard T. “Max” Schroeder.

Utah Beach, added as a landing site late in D-Day planning, proved critical. This was where two U.S. paratrooper units — the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions — dropped behind enemy lines ...