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This was the ‘anti-D-Day’: the U.S. landing in World War II that led to hundreds of deaths before Normandy
Slapton Sands is the British beach that was used to simulate Normandy, where everything went wrong during ‘Exercise Tiger’ ...
'Welcome home': Iowan killed on D-Day to be buried on 81st anniversary of his death
Pvt. James Lee Harrington of Cincinnati, Iowa, died in the landing of the beaches of Normandy. 81 years later, he is coming ...
D-Day and the eternal fight for liberty
The American heroes who stormed onto Normandy Beach 81 years ago to free Europe from Nazi tyranny are almost all gone now.
D-Day in photos: See historic images from the Normandy landings
Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The ...
Remembering D-Day: Humble veteran, now 100, recalls Normandy invasion 81 years later
Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops ...
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Iowan killed on D-Day to be laid to rest on 81st anniversary
The recently identified remains of an Iowan killed during the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II will be laid to ...
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'Welcome home': Iowan killed on D-Day to be buried on 81st anniversary of his death
James Lee Harrington, killed in action on D-Day, have been identified and will ... 81 years after his death. After 81 years, Pvt. James Lee Harrington is finally coming home.