Fires burned on the stretch of Normandy coastline — code-named Omaha Beach — just ... to have a rough landing,” commented another petty officer. The date: June 6, 1944.
On June 6th, the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings took place at Omaha Beach, in Normandy, in the presence of the last veterans of D-Day and numerous heads of state.
Two and a half years later, on the morning of June 6, 1944, the LCVPs — short for Landing Craft ... wave of American GIs on Normandy's Utah Beach during the D-Day landings.