On Veterans Day, I would like to salute Ms. Lucy Coffey for her service to our country. Ms. Coffey is 108 years old and is America's oldest living female veteran.
400,000 women served in the Armed Forces during World War II, and more than 500 of them died...
On this day, June 6th, 69 years ago, 160,000 Allied Troops landed along a heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany and the invasion of Normandy had begun. By the end of the day, the Allies had gained a foot hold, but the cost was steep...