Military.com: Soldier's Stories of D-Day Best of the Net
With over 60 individual accounts, this site has a fantastic collection of personal accounts of D-Day. A few of the stories are several pages long, so make sure you click on the numbers on the bottom to continue. Airborne Division
Personal accounts from men who flew over the enemy on D-Day. John Howard, Jim Wallwork, Wally Parr, "Wagger" Thornton, and John Kemp.
Attack on Juno Beach
Jim Wilkin of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, B Company shares his story of landing on Juno Beach. Written in easy-to-understand language, Wilkin offers details, feelings, and specifics of his training, the attack on the beach, and how he got wounded. The Drop Zone: Normandy
A wonderful collection of personal stories from the invasion of Normandy, including paratroopers, pilots, and infantry. Establishing the Sector Headquarters
Lieutenant Freddie Corpes, RNVR, was singled out in March 1944 to be "bigoted." That is, to be given information more secret than "top secret." Corpes' account begins with him being singled out for early study and planning of Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord and continues with his experiences during D-Day and with the difficulty of establishing a sector headquarters. Landing on Gold Beach
B. T. Whinney, a Royal Navy beachmaster, and Madame Dubois, a French civilian, describe what they witnessed during the landing on Gold Beach. Landing on Juno Beach
J.H. Hamilton of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian 3rd Division retells the story of his landing on Juno Beach during D-Day. Landing on Omaha Beach New
A group of personal accounts by soldiers who were part of Company A, 116th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 29th Division and landed on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944. Thomas Valence, George Roach, Warner Hamlett, Ray Nance, Robert Sales, Franz Gockel, Roger Brugger, and Robert Walker. Landing on Pointe du Hoc
George Kerchner and Leonard Lomell describe what it was like to charge up the beach. Landing on Sword Beach
Two soldiers and a French civilian share some of the expierences from Sword Beach, including interesting stories about bicycles, bathing suits, and bagpipes. Bill Bowdidge, Jacqueline Nöel, and Peter Masters.
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