Seventy-five years ago, with the nation in the throes of a world war, a story of valor emerged from the fighting as the U.S. and its allies battled to liberate France. Weeks had passed since the June ...

It took 43 days to liberate this small, northern French town seven decades ago. And in the time since, locals have carried with them the memory of the American major from Staunton who rallied his ...

SAINT-LÔ, France — He was 6 when Allied warplanes turned his town to rubble. Yves Fauvel says the flashbacks still come regularly: The D-Day evening sky thrumming with American bombers; the screams of ...

Nebraska National Guard soldiers with the 134th Infantry Regiment and the 100th Medical Battalion helped liberate St. Lo France, about 20 miles from Omaha Beach. The battle cost the lives of 53 ...