Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 6, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. I have always wondered about Utah Beach. On June 6, ...

U.S war veterans salute during a ceremony outside the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday, June 5, 2023. (Thomas Padilla/AP) ON UTAH BEACH, France — World War II veterans shared ...

SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France — Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson's memory of D-Day even more vivid. “It was tough,” the ...

ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of people, some in Second World War-era uniforms, arrived before dawn to stretch out across the now peaceful sands of ...

"I could see tracer bullets streaking toward the pilot from all directions, and I was sure he would not survive ..." Contributed by Rex Smith Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired First, let me tell you ...

Utah Beach won Saturday’s 88th running of the $250,000 Louisville Stakes (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., by 1 ½ lengths over Verstappen in 2:26.70 for the 1 ½-mile marathon over the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Coming off the best season in program history, Utah's beach volleyball players were called into a mandatory meeting on April 29. Many went into the meeting thinking it was a ...

An American veteran is wheeled away after a commemoration organized by the Best Defense Foundation at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, on Sunday, ahead of the D-Day Anniversary.