One hundred fifty World War II U.S. veterans, along with volunteers and representatives from the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), were present at Normandy American Cemetery in France to ...

State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, Wilkes-Barre, presented Andrea Bogusko, a representative of the NEPA Music Teachers Association, with a proclamation from the state of Pennsylvania to be ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – A single sentence in the fading pages of Louise Hamel’s diary documents the first moments of the day that would become a turning point in World War II. Tuesday, June 6, ...

Photos from the burial with full military honors of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, of Benson, on July 9, 2022, at Normandy American Cemetery in France. A cross marks the grave of U.S ...

(NEXSTAR) – As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches, we are remembering and honoring those who died fighting for our freedom. Many of them are buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, just yards ...

NORMANDY, France — A sunrise over any beach is beautiful. Peaceful. And when you're the only one walking on the sand it's perfect. But this isn't just any beach. This place is part of D-Day history.

Visitors’ voices and footsteps cannot penetrate the vast quietude of this site. Crosses march in place to silent drums. White and pristine, they mark the last place so many American troops stopped.

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 ...

NORMANDY, France -- On May 26 and 27, 2024, Soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment participated in Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremonies at the Normandy and Brittany American Cemeteries in France. These ...

The remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, a Benson native killed June 6, 1944, in France, will be buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Saturday.

The remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, a Benson native killed June 6, 1944, in France, will be buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Saturday.