There are 7 article(s) tagged D-Day:

• June 2022

  • Guest column: We would be smart to study Eisenhower’s 1944 approach to leadership

    In today’s world, it is hard to envision a leader so willing to accept responsibility in the face of a potential — even likely — monumental failure.

    By G. Scott Morris June 05, 2022

• June 2021

  • Opinion: On D-Day 77 years ago, victory was uncertain

    “We have seen so many movies of Omaha Beach that the event is embedded in our national psyche. From this side of the events, and with the help of Hollywood, it seems God-ordained that the response we all know was certain to lead to the victory we take for granted. It was, of course, anything but certain.”

    By G. Scott Morris June 06, 2021

  • Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    As we approach the anniversary of D-Day, which was June 6, 1944, it’s appropriate to honor World War II heroes like Jim Young, who discussed his experiences during a Memorial Day program in Arlington.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 05, 2021

• June 2019

  • A trip to France 75 years after D-Day brings a medal, some healing and even romance

    Photographers, along with reporters, hovered over the veterans like they were the newest rock group. Both men and women were crying, cameras clicked with non-stop flashing, and young children hugged our heroes.

    By Diane Hight June 21, 2019

  • France swoons over love story linked to Olive Branch

    Enterprising French journalists reunited an elderly Olive Branch man with his long-lost love from World War II, and the story spread across Europe. 

    By Tom Bailey June 19, 2019

  • A cemetery inspires respect for that ‘most consequential day’ 75 years ago

    At the Normandy American Cemetery where more than 9,000 Americans who helped free France and defeat the Nazis are buried, it is peaceful and verdant now, with straight-line tombstone crosses and Stars of David undulating over the bluffs with the beach and sea beyond.

    By Steve Cohen June 07, 2019

  • Memphis-area veterans return to Normandy for 75th anniversary of D-Day

    ABC News with David Muir will be following the veterans from the Memphis area throughout their eight-day experience. They will appear on Martha MacCallum's Fox News show and “CBS This Morning,” and CNN plans a mini-documentary about them.

    By Diane Hight June 03, 2019