SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah Beach was the codename for the westernmost beach American troops landed on in the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France. But what did Utah have to do with Utah beach?

I have always wondered about Utah Beach. On June 6, 1944, in the heat of World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day” as they began the liberation of German ...

Foggo III, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, and the U.S. Navy Memorial joined forces to dedicate The Lone Sailor statue at Utah Beach during the 75th Anniversary of D-Day on June ...

First lieutenant on a tank landing craft, Mr Willis helped ferry US troops and tanks to Utah Beach on D-Day. Utah was one of ...

Troops of the US 7th Corps wading ashore on Utah Beach The fighting during the Battle of Normandy, which followed D-Day, was as bloody as it had been in the trenches of World War One. Casualty ...

A veteran of the D-Day landings who recently celebrated his 100th birthday has died. Lt Richard Willis, from Wellington in ...

A rare D-Day flag that flew on a U.S. Navy ship leading ... one of just three advanced fleet vessels directing troops onto Utah Beach in German-occupied France on June 6, 1944.

The U.S. flag that flew from the boat that led the first American troops onto Utah Beach during the D-Day landings sold for $514,000 at a Heritage Auction in 2016 – more than five times its ...

They planned to go to Utah Beach on Thursday ... Warren Goss also went to France for the 75th D-Day anniversary in 2019. WAC returned to Normandy Connie Jamison, 82, of Lincoln Place, recently ...

Lieutenant Richard Willis RN was the second in command on a landing craft tasked with taking US tanks and troops to Utah beach in June 1944. | ITV News ...