Eighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...
The invasion resulted in heavy casualties, with over 6,000 American soldiers lost. John Tomassi, deputy director of public affairs at USAREUR-AF, reflected on the emotional impact of D-Day, saying, ...