Veterans Chronicles

Veterans Chronicles


Maj. Gen. John Raaen, Jr., U.S. Army, WWII, D-Day & Normandy Part 2

June 14, 2023

Just before 8 a.m. on June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Captain John Raaen, Jr., of the 5th Ranger Battalion, landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy as the Allies launched their campaign to breach Adolf Hitler's Atl