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d-day

In Memory of D-Day:
Walking Omaha Beach

June 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

'Les Braves,' on Omaha Beach, a monument installed there in 2004 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landing. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Let me tell you about a very lucky trip I had a chance to take with my wife and child about a year ago, to Omaha Beach in Normandy. I’d been wanting to go there for 30 years. I consider it part of my transformation, as an immigrant, into an American, like traveling the 50 states and being a Yankee fan.

70 Years Ago: Remembering 15 Flagler County GIs Who Took Part in the D-Day Landing in Normandy

June 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Of the over 400 individuals from this county who answered the call of duty in World War II, 15 Flagler Countians were on duty in England in June 1944, in preparation for the D-Day landing in Normandy. Here are their stories as culled by the Flagler Tribune at the time.

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan in Normandy

November 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Reagan’s speech at Normandy’s Pointe du Hoc on June 6, 1984, commemorating the 40th anniversary of D-Day, is one of his noblest, especially in retrospect, for what he said about the cold war, the Soviet Union and nuclear weapons.

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