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‘The first wave went through hell:’ The 16th Infantry Regiment’s role in victory on D-Day
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAmong the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th...
Visiting a North African cemetery unveils untold story of RI native son's WWII sacrifice
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBefore a match, Tony said, “My wife Susan’s uncle was an Army Air Forces crew member killed in North...
History in the Hills: Remembering D-Day
Weirton Daily Times· 3 hours agoMy grandfathers were in the Army then, too, although they did not take part in the invasion. My grandfather, Joseph Carpini, was in England in June 1944 training and serving as a military policeman ...
What was the role of Northern Ireland soldiers on D-Day?
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEighty years ago soldiers from across Ireland were bracing themselves for D-Day. By air and by sea...
On the Porch
Marshall Independent· 2 hours agoThe 80th anniversary of D-Day was this past Thursday on June 6. According to the United States Army website, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified ...
Battleship Texas had 'a tremendous impact on the success of the allies on D-Day' in 1944
KHOU 11 Houston· 2 days agoWe're looking back at the history of Battleship Texas, which is on the brink of its next chapter...
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· 2 days agoFrancis X. McGraw of New Jersey. Having already fought in North Africa and Sicily, Normandy would be...
D-Day Lessons For Business and Future Service Members
Forbes· 1 day agoAs we commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, the heroic actions of those who served...
‘As Lonely as a Man Can Get’: The True Story of D-Day, as Told by Paratroopers
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 days 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< ...
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious...
