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D-Day veterans to return to Normandy and 'honour those who aren't here' once more
EXCLUSIVE: Next week at least 14 warriors will make the journey to Northern France to pay tribute to pals who perished during ...
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Why D-Day Still Matters 81 Years Later
Over 80 years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in a bold assault that changed the course of history and set ...
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The U.S.S. Texas Played a Crucial Role on D-Day. A Special Tour Tells All.
The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link ...
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National World War II Museum commemorates D-Day and its own 25th anniversary with events June 4-7
The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books ...
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Normandy at 99 Soon-to-be centenarian recalls special visit to France
June 6, 1944 – her husband parachuted into Normandy with the 82nd Airborne Division. Last June, at the age of 99, she visited ...
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Remembering the Northampton Co. men from 1st Infantry Division who died on Omaha Beach
Leonard Charles Groeger was among three from Northampton County who died on Omaha Beach fighting for the 1st Infantry ...
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World War II soldier from Gravette killed during D-Day invasion to be buried next month
A World War II soldier from Gravette who was killed during the D-Day invasion in Normandy will be buried next month, Governor ...
Richard Rung, D-Day veteran who taught at Wheaton College, dies at 100
Rung, 100, died of natural causes on May 23 at the Covenant Living at Windsor Park retirement community in Carol Stream, ...
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'I come back to Normandy to say hello to comrades who didn't make it home'
Hermanville War Cemetery, near Sword Beach, is the final resting place of more than ... bloody and shocking days that followed the Normandy invasion on 6 June, 1944. About 11,000 British troops were ...