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Hegseth commemorates 82nd anniversary of WWII Allied Invasion at Normandy
June 8, 2026 — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to the Normandy American Cemetery in France for the second consecutive year, where he delivered remarks honoring the approximately 160,000 Allied troops — 73,000 of them Americans — who landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944...

Navy Medicine at D-Day: Stories of valor and sacrifice
June 6, 2023 — From D-Day of June 6, 1944, to the end of the battle on August 30, 1944, Navy Medicine played an unsung but vital role in what Gen. Dwight Eisenhower termed the “Great Crusade.”...

Weather prime factor in D-Day and even more important in warfare today
June 6, 2023 — The D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe. Few people realize that weather was the deciding factor in the timing of the momentous landings...

On D-Day Anniversary, Austin, Milley call on all to defend democracy
June 6, 2023 — The men who stormed Normandy 79 years ago saved democracy "and it is all of our duty to defend with undimmed vigor the principles for which the Allies fought," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said June 6...

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. ...