Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: 98-year-old Fred Ayton is a British Royal Navy veteran. 80 years ago, he was told he was "making history" when he set off ...

Shay was a combat medic assigned to an assault battalion in the first wave of attack on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (Virginia Mayo/AP Photo) Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - As the world prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, I have the rare and deeply personal honor of telling a story that’s also my family’s history. My great-grandfather, ...

Living History events take place all over Normandy to commemorate the 6th June 1944 and the Commando March is just one of those. It was an incredible experience to wear the correct uniform and ...

It’s time for this week in history brought to you by the Upcountry History Museum. in may of 1943, plans were already well underway for a massive invasion of northern france the following year. the ...

For most, the D-Day invasion of Normandy is an event in history. But a new book transports us back 80 years, hearing directly from those who helped liberate occupied Europe from Hitler’s Nazi forces.

What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on the French coast. The magnitude of D-Day -- the 150,000 Allied service ...