An Army historian felt that while the D-Day landing scenes were realistic, the rest of the film was a “typical World War II ...

World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...

Ray Norris, a World War II veteran and one of the last three remaining in Monroe County, will celebrate his 101st birthday on ...

Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan' is one of Hollywood's greatest-ever war movies, and the director looked to the past for inspiration.

After returning from their trip to Omaha Beach in Normandy, Palm Beach International Airport welcomed two World War II veterans from the Treasure Coast. Sydney Edson, 100, from Lake Worth Beach ...

Unaware of the drama at the Ponte Boch Coxon Jimmy Green was taken from the first wave of American infantry into Omaha beach. GEORGE ‘JIMMY’ GREEN: The troops we took in were from Bedford Virg ...

The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. James L. Harrington, a 21-year-old soldier from Cincinnati, Iowa, who was killed during World ...

Felix Maurizio returned to the beach in Normandy for the first time since 1944 when he was 19 and fought there during World War II, manning a landing craft on Omaha Beach. Military service members ...

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism. He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the ...