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World War II Army Nurse Corps veteran Opal Grapes talked about providing medical care to American soldiers who were wounded on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and how she learned to keep her emotions under…

Pulitzer prize winner and historian Rick Atkinson discussed the significance and legacy of the events on D-Day that ultimately liberated Nazi-occupied France. He is the author of The Guns at Last…

Released in December of 1944, “Beachhead to Berlin” was filmed primarily by the U.S. Coast Guard, and produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The color film documents D-Day preparations and…

World War II veteran John Raaen was with the U.S. Army’s 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion on D-Day - June 6, 1944. He described how his company was diverted from Pointe du Hoc to Omaha Beach, and…

President Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and others attended a 75th anniversary of D-Day ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery in France.

This 1994 Armed Forces Network report from Normandy, France, covers events marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day. It includes several interviews with D-Day veterans, behind-the-scenes…

The 1944 documentary D-Day to Germany was shot, edited, and narrated by Jack Lieb, a “News of the Day” correspondent who was assigned to cover the invasion of France. He shot this film for…

President Obama and President Hollande spoke at the 70th Anniversary of the World War II D-Day invasion, and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in…

President Bush spoke at the American cemetery in Normandy, France marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day; more than 9,000 U.S. soldiers are buried at the cemetery which overlooks Omaha…

President Clinton spoke at the 50th anniversary of D-Day and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. The president paid tribute to the Americans who served in…

President Carter spoke at the Normandy American Cemetery in France to commemorate the D-Day invasion. He praised the patriotism and deeds of those who fought and died for Europe and world…

C-SPAN visited a class at Chapman University to see how author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s books were being used to help students learn about the Holocaust during World War II. C-SPAN’s Local…

From the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland, Philip Padgett reported on Operation Overlord, the amphibious military operation that took place on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Gemma Birnbaum, associate vice president of the National World War II Museum’s Media and Education Center, talked with us about their collection of interviews with veterans, the museum’s…

Historian Nigel Hamilton talked about the last book in his trilogy profiling President Franklin D. Roosevelt at war. War and Peace: FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945 covers…

This U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion and the June 5, 1944, liberation of Rome.

This U.S. Army film details the logistics involved in treating wounded soldiers in the field, and in hospitals in England, during and after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. From…

The Friends of the National World War II Memorial marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day with a ceremony at the the memorial in Washington, DC.

A ceremony was held at the National World War II memorial to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. Professor Craig Symonds, author of Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.