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, ...

Hundreds of people, some in Second World War-era uniforms, arrived before dawn to stretch out across the now peaceful sands of Utah Beach, one of the five Allied landing zones on D-Day where troops ...

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 ...

ON UTAH BEACH, 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 ...

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 99-year-old veteran said of the ...

On June 6, 1944, American forces landed at Utah Beach, the westernmost sector of the Normandy invasion. In just 15 seconds, ...

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 ...

Utah Beach Attempts Third Consecutive Stakes Victory In Chorleywood originally appeared on Paulick Report. Jockey Vincent Cheminaud will try to keep a hot hand aboard Utah Beach as the turf marathoner ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has decided to drop beach volleyball as a varsity sport after eight years in part because of conference realignment. Utah introduced beach volleyball — an Olympic sport since ...

British World War II veteran Bill Gladden, left, speaks with U.S. WWII veteran Jack M. Larson in the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday. Dozens of World War II veterans have ...

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 ...