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A Trip to Normandy: BAMC physician participates in historic D-Day 80th anniversary parachute jump
June 26, 2024 — A prior trip to Normandy France for the 75th anniversary of D-Day inspired a Brooke Army Medical Center interventional radiologist to fulfill a longtime goal of jumping again... MORE

History Today, June 6: The role of signals intelligence or 'ULTRA' on D-Day
June 6, 2024 — The term D-Day was a shorthand expression first used in World War I to denote the date an operation was to be launched. In the earlier war, officers also used H-HOUR and M-MINUTE, but these were seldom used in World War II. Because of the scope of the 1944 operation and the momentous stakes, in common parlance, “D-Day” has come to refer primarily to the landings in Normandy. ... MORE

U.S. Soldiers disembark a landing craft under heavy fire off the coast of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Photo Credit: National Archives U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

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.