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Reporter's Notebook: Recalling an American WWII hero who helped fight off Nazi forces during Normandy invasion
Eighty-one years after William Owens helped stop Nazi forces in Normandy, the Army posthumously awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of his bravery.
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Smaller crowds, same reverence as Normandy marks 81st D-Day anniversary
The gathering at the Normandy ... commander of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Gen. Christopher Donahue, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa ...
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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy ... the US Army lost the most men in the amphibious landings. Some 2,500 American troops died in the beach assault and airborne ...
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81 years later, a small Normandy town remembers the sacrifices of Pa.’s 28th Division
A small town in Normandy, France, is honoring the sacrifice of the 28th Division this weekend. Nine soldiers were killed in ...
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Thousands come to World War II Weekend for ‘genuine experience’
Saturday was Garabedian’s first visit to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum’s annual World War II Weekend, an event celebrating its ...