A commemoration ceremony was held to honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Colmar at Colmar, France, Feb. 1-2, 2025.
But the two special visitors had been to Camp Shanks before – they were among the soldiers of the 65th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army to ship out from Camp Shanks to France in January 1945.
Each World War II veteran would have his own chapter. There was this one story he liked to tell. They were in Italy, and at the opposite the end of a valley they could see a battle 10 miles away. They ...
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Over that summer, Allied troops slowly advanced into northern France and ... year’s commemorative World War II events were special because “Normandy, D-Day and [the Battle of the Bulge ...
The Latest Historic images from 80 years ago show the unprecedented scale of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, changing the course of World War II. World War II was America’s ...