During Operation Dragoon in August 1944, USS Endicott and a small Allied flotilla launched a bold diversion off the French Mediterranean coast. What began as a feint quickly escalated into a close ...
PARIS -- Historians call it "The Forgotten D-Day." But aging veterans like John Shirley vividly recall Aug. 15, 1944, when they stepped ashore on the French Riviera and delivered an uppercut to Hitler ...