Normandy landings

71 years ago today. 156,000 allied soldiers (including 82,000 British and about 71,000 US soldiers) invaded Normandy

The people who told what stories they could tell are gone, and now the people to whom they told the stories are going.

June 6 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 was the largest seaborne invasion in history and was instrumental to the

Spectacular pictures of the D-Day landings have been superimposed onto modern day scenes for a new book titled 'Normandy Ghosts.'

Remebering a fascinating group of Irish Americans, all closely connected to D-Day, and all, oddly, named Ryan.

Map of the Battle of Normandy: This map shows the routes that the 160,000 Allied soldiers took and which division each Allied country sent to fight. It also shows the areas on the coast of France these troops fought at on D-Day.

In this photo German POWs disembark from a LCI(L)-500 on one of the Gold area beaches, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums archive)

Years of preparation were at stake, and on June 4, just hours before the launch of D-Day operations, Dwight. D. Eisenhower made a last-minute delay -- a crucial decision that saved thousands of Allied forces.

Amid emotional scenes, several hundred former soldiers, many proudly wearing their old uniforms emblazoned with medals, gathered to lay wreaths and remember fallen comrades.