what beach was fought on during d-day
Scroll down to see a clip of Saving Private Ryan, showing the D-Day landing. 1  D-Day veteran Walter Ehlers is shown sitting in a cannon bunker overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in 1994 - 50 years after the D-Day landings. Ehlers's medal of honour, awarded for his actions during World War II, is shown in his home in Buena Park, California (left).