D-Day 70th Anniversary 1944-2014   Located near Colleville-sur-Mer ( Calvados ) in Normandy, the 172.5-acre site contains the graves of 9,387 U.S. military dead and the names of 1,557 of the missing. The Normandy Campaign The massive Allied assault on the Normandy coastline on June 6, 1944, aimed to liberate France and drive into Nazi … Continue reading D-Day – Normandy Landing Beaches : American Cemetery – Colleville – 50 photos.