D-Day

Local expert speaks on South Carolina’s role in D-Day

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Today marks the 75th anniversary of the largest invasion by air, land, and sea in history, D-Day. On June 6, 1944, soldiers, planes, and ships from the US, Britain, and Canada stormed the Nazi-occupied French beaches of Normandy. ABC Columbia News spoke with an historian at the South Carolina State Museum, who says much of D-Day was…

Vets, Families Remember Normandy D-Day Landings

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE (AP) – Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies defeat Hitler. They’re holding small ceremonies and moments of remembrance along the wide beaches and cliffs where thousands of U.S., British, Canadian and French troops landed as dawn was breaking June…