“Tag: d-day”

The new season of American Rifleman TV premieres tonight on Outdoor Channel, with the ARTV staff continuing its journey through Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing.

This week's episode focuses on the valor and sacrifice of our allies 75 years ago—as well as the guns they used—including one of the most remarkable soldiers of World War II, CSM Stan Hollis, who, for his valor, received Britain’s Victoria Cross.

Watch this segment of American Rifleman Television "The Men And Guns Of D-Day" to learn more about the men of the 82nd Airborne Division, their stories and the firearms they used during "The Great Crusade."

Watch this segment of American Rifleman Television "The Men And Guns Of D-Day" to learn more about the landings on Omaha beach, along with the subsequent breakout of Allied forces into northern France.

Harold Baumgarten was chosen by fate to represent us on Omaha beach, and he did so by throwing his young body into the jaws of modern combat.

Auto-Ordnance is commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day with three specially engraved and ornamented guns—an M1911, an M1 carbine and a Thompson.

Each shotgun comes with a certificate of authenticity denoting the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings with the shotgun's serial number imprinted on the certificate.

In September 1944, American Rifleman’s former editor, an accredited war correspondent, had his first dispatch published after the invasion of Normandy. Read the story here about how American riflemen used their marksmanship skills to defeat the Nazis in the breakout from the hedgerows.

Every Thursday we'll share an article from the American Rifleman archives. This letter appeared in the August 1944 issue, which featured NRA Life Member Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on the cover.