One hundred fifty World War II U.S. veterans, along with volunteers and representatives from the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), were present at Normandy American Cemetery in France to ...

Photos from the burial with full military honors of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, of Benson, on July 9, 2022, at Normandy American Cemetery in France. A cross marks the grave of U.S ...

COllEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (ABC4) — Much has been written about the cost of war, but seeing the cost in person is another matter. At the Normandy American Cemetery, thousands of white crosses line the ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – On June 6th, 2024, Americans across the country will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In Normandy, France a solemn tradition pays tribute to the sacrifice made by ...

As the last notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner” faded away, retired Lt. Col. Max Torrence held himself as erect as the young soldier he once was as he placed a wreath at the Normandy American Cemetery ...

The remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, a Benson native killed June 6, 1944, in France, will be buried in the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Saturday.

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial has become a pilgrimage site for many Americans and Veterans, especially those from the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers. Those who have attempted to ...

A U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who had been deemed unrecoverable decades ago after being shot down on D-Day was laid to rest this weekend at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.