Omaha Beach

D-Day and the Medal of Honor

Learn more about the sixteen US service members who earned the Medal of Honor during D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy in 1944.

Through education, leadership, and inspiring spaces for learning and reflection, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation preserves and expands the impact of the 3,515 award recipients and the more than 40 million Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the Civil War.