Note to readers • This story was originally published May 31, 2014. • 1. The five beachheads for the invasion of Normandy, France, from east to west, were code-named Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah.

Note to readers • This story was originally published on June 2, 2014. It’s an obscure mystery in the annals of World War II history. How did Utah and Omaha beaches — two chunks of French sand that ...

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, ...

A dress rehearsal for the D-Day assault on Utah Beach cost the 4th Infantry Division and associated units nearly four times as many lives as they lost in the landing itself five weeks later. The ...