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The reverse side of the coin depicts Allied soldiers disembarking a landing craft and racing onto the beaches of Normandy with offensive aircraft in the skies above. It is accompanied by the inscription 'D-Day 6 June 1944 Utah Omaha Gold Juno Sword', the codenames for five assault beaches that formed at of part of Operation Neptune, the largest amphibious military assault in history.
The ambitious airborne operation immortalised in the film A Bridge Too Far ended in a heroic defeat at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944
He survived a bomb blast that killed those around him, and armed only with medical scissors captured two German soldiers
Huge crowds return to Anzac services Click the image above to view slideshow Dame Trelise Cooper at Leigh. Servicemen with the NZ Navy and Air Force marched over the Memorial Park bridge at the end of the Puhoi ceremony. At Matakana. Photo, Emma MacDonald. Keith Tennant, left, and Thomas Dowling. After two years of cancellations and disruptions, Anzac Day 2021 dawned bright, warm and clear across the Mahurangi region, prompting an impressive turnout at local parades and services. Speakers at Puhoi – historian Richard Hern – and Leigh – JP Vince Anaki – reminded the crowds that New Zea...