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Tag: Utah Beach

GIs remember D-day, 75 years later
June 6, 2019 — As the sun rose on Utah Beach June 6, 1944, the explosions were deafening. "There was all kinds of fire coming down on us," said then-Cpl. Herman Zeitchik, who served with the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was hunkered down in a landing craft with about 30 other Soldiers. ... MORE

U.S. Soldiers disembark a landing craft under heavy fire off the coast of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.