Weather forecasting played a pivotal role in the World War II D-Day invasion 81 years ago in an era when meteorologists had access to sparse amounts of data, including no satellite observations. Very ...

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Today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France that began the liberation of Western Europe. I always mark the date, but this is the first time I’ve been able to commemorate it ...

Note to readers • This story was originally published on June 2, 2014. It’s an obscure mystery in the annals of World War II history. How did Utah and Omaha beaches — two chunks of French sand that ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach under heavy fire on D-Day will receive an award for self-sacrifice and public service from the ...