06/06/2026
D-Day in Normandy: Following Easy Company, Dick Winters, and the Heroes of June 6, 1944
Walking in the Footsteps of Heroes By Kimberly Foster, U.S. Air Force Veteran Eighty years after the largest amphibious invasion in history, the beaches of Normandy remain remarkably peaceful. The waves roll gently onto the shore. Seagulls drift overhead. The wind blows through the dunes. It's difficult to imagine that on June 6, 1944, these same beaches were filled with chaos, courage, and sacrifice as more than 156,000 Allied troops launched the operation that would help liberate Europe from N**i occupation....