June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, which led to the end of World War II. Here’s how some places in the U. S. and Europe are marking the occasion.
Next month marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, which led to the liberation of Europe and the end of World War II.
On June 6,1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of coast in Normandy, France, to fight Nazi Germany.
One of the sites commemorating the anniversary is in Muskegon, Mich., where a D-Day Plus 75 event will take place May 31 and June 1 at the USS LST 393 Veterans Museum on the Muskegon waterfront.
The LST 393, or landing ship tank, carried more than 5,000 Nazi soldiers to prisoner-of-war camps in Britain.
