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Visiting a North African cemetery unveils untold story of RI native son's WWII sacrifice
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBefore a match, Tony said, “My wife Susan’s uncle was an Army Air Forces crew member killed in North...
‘The first wave went through hell:’ The 16th Infantry Regiment’s role in victory on D-Day
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAmong the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th...
'Dreamed of this day' | WWII veterans in Louisville honored with B-25 flights on D-Day anniversary
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 6 hours agoCommemorations marking 80 years since the invasion of Normandy that turned the tide for World War II...
D-Day Anniversary: Interior view of B-25 Bomber at Bowman Field in Louisville
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 11 hours agoA view of the interior of B-25 bomber "Miss Mitchell" used in WWII parked at Bowman Field in...
D-Day Anniversary: WWII veteran Lee Smith near B-25 Bomber at Bowman Field
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 11 hours agoWWII veteran Lee Smith, 99, stands next to the propeller of B-25 bomber "Miss Mitchell" at Bowman...
What was the role of Northern Ireland soldiers on D-Day?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEighty years ago soldiers from across Ireland were bracing themselves for D-Day. By air and by sea...
Battleship Texas had 'a tremendous impact on the success of the allies on D-Day' in 1944
KHOU 11 Houston· 8 hours agoWe're looking back at the history of Battleship Texas, which is on the brink of its next chapter...
‘As Lonely as a Man Can Get’: The True Story of D-Day, as Told by Paratroopers
Politico via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoRichard Wright, Airborne: The Pathfinders, we were a unique group. We had no table of organization, it was experimental. The British had used it and were very successful in North< ...
A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFrancis X. McGraw of New Jersey. Having already fought in North Africa and Sicily, Normandy would be...
D-Day 80th Anniversary: The Invasion That Changed the Course of World War II
The National Interest· 1 day agoAlthough no clear victory was in sight, and with the Britannic world overstretched—battling over the...