The National Guard tends to be the butt of a lot of jokes from fellow service members and civilians alike. It’s not without ...

It was a beautiful day in Normandy. Omaha Beach was drenched in sunshine under a blue sky. Birds chirped. The English Channel quietly lapped at the sandy coast. It's hard to imagine that this tranquil ...

For German soldiers on the Normandy coast, D-Day was not just the beginning of the Allied invasion. It was the moment the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Omaha Beach is surely the most famous amphibious landing site in military history. The 1944 D-Day landing in Normandy delivered the first blows of the Allies’ fight to push back Nazi forces and ...

Dad rarely talked much about the war, but when he did, he always mentioned the wide sandy plain of Omaha Beach and how far it was from the surf to any safe haven in face of German sharpshooters and ...

Rows of white crosses, and now and then a Star of David, roll over the green bluffs at the U.S. military cemetery in Normandy. Part of the power is their simplicity and sameness. The headstones of ...

14.5 x 22.8 cm. (5.7 x 9 in.) »Beachheads of Normandy«, in: LIFE magazine, Vol. 16, No. 25, June 19, 1944, p. 27; Robert Capa, Slightly out of focus, New York 1947 ...

gelatin silver print, the photographer's and The Concerned Photographer copyright stamps and with title and date in pencil on the reverse, framed ...