World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...

Wolfe, 20, of Liberal, Missouri, killed during World War II ... Wolfe was aboard Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 92 and roughly 200 other servicemembers en route to land on Omaha Beach in Normandy ...

In the West the Americans would take Omaha and ... west of the beach, a massive gun battery on the Ponte Boch It was feared that the heavy guns could annihilate American landing craft on route ...