American assault forces hurdle over the side of a Coast ... of D-Day on Omaha Beach — 80 years ago this week — only three of the soldiers who died in hold of the landing craft could be identified.

A sign outside Trinity Church, New York City, inviting worshipers to "come in and pray for Allied victory" in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Coast Guard LCIs, protected by ...

D-Day veterans ... and landing craft were involved, delivering a total of 156,000 men and 10,000 vehicles to the five beaches along the carefully selected stretch of the Normandy coast.

D-Day also offers a powerful counterpoint in the inability of the German military to respond effectively to the invasion despite brilliant planning for this eventuality. A landing craft disembarks ...

A deadly helicopter crash claimed the lives of three Indian Coast Guard (ICG) crew members on Sunday afternoon when an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed during its landing at the Porbandar ...

A bigger, modern vessel will replace the now-retired 52-foot Triumph at Cape Disappointment under a plan proposed by the U.S.

While their primary role is to transport troops and their equipment over long distances and land them – using an array of hovercraft, tiltrotors, helicopters and landing craft – across hostile ...

The US Coast Guard (USCG) is moving closer to reviving its fleet of Special Purpose Craft - Heavy Weather (SPC-HWX) II with ...

The last surviving D-Day tank landing craft has been moved on to dry land following its final journey on water. LCT 7074 was renovated with a National Heritage Lottery fund £4.7m grant ahead of ...