http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day Our most powerful and genuine accounts of D-Day come from the veterans who live through this momentous piece of history. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-18T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo1 Pvt. Jesse Beazley (left) survived the invasion of Normandy and went on to serve in every major European campaign of the war. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo2 Staff Sergeant Gale Garman was drafted in 1942 and spent more than a year training for the amphibious landings at Normandy. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo3 Kenneth Delaney was shot during the first assault on Omaha Beach. Despite his injuries, he was able to assist those with more severe wounds and would receive a special commendation for his actions under fire. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo4 Delaney would be wounded three more times yet go on to serve in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo5 As part of the 101st Airborne Division, paratrooper Arch Lewis Jr. was one of more than 6,000 advance troops to enter Normandy in the hours before D-Day. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo6 Lewis was separated from his unit after parachuting into Normandy. Captured by the Germans days later, he would spend the rest of the war in a POW camp. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo7 Harvey Warren enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and trained as a photographic intelligence specialist. In the months leading up to D-Day, his unit studied reconnaissance photos of the French coast that would be used for the invasion of Normandy. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo8 In the weeks following D-Day, Warren would survey German defenses in Normandy. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo9 Arnett enlisted prior to Pearl Harbor, and would serve in the Army for more than five years. Serving with an anti-tank armored unit, he was part of the second wave to come ashore at Utah Beach. Unharmed on D-Day, Arnett was wounded later in the Normandy campaign and received the Purple Heart. http://www.history.com/photos/voices-of-d-day/photo9