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Omaha Beach on D-Day: The Bloodiest Landing

Omaha Beach was the bloodiest landing site on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In this video, we revisit the brutal reality faced by American troops as they stormed the heavily fortified coastline under ...
Orlando Sentinel

Winter Park D-Day veteran, 103, to get Gold Medal for Army Ranger service

Medals didn’t matter on D-Day to soldiers like John Carpenter Raaen, Jr. “Never occurred to me,” said Raaen, now 103, a Winter Park resident and the only surviving Army Ranger who stormed Omaha Beach ...