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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· 1 day 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...
Battleship Texas had 'a tremendous impact on the success of the allies on D-Day' in 1944
KHOU 11 Houston· 1 day agoWe're looking back at the history of Battleship Texas, which is on the brink of its next chapter...
What was the role of Northern Ireland soldiers on D-Day?
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEighty years ago soldiers from across Ireland were bracing themselves for D-Day. By air and by sea...
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...
The Biggest Drone Defense Companies
247wallst.com· 2 days agoDrones are a low-risk, cost-effective force multiplier forming an increasingly important part of modern armies.
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious...
‘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< ...
D-Day Anniversary: WWII veteran Lee Smith near B-25 Bomber at Bowman Field
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 1 day agoWWII veteran Lee Smith, 99, stands next to the propeller of B-25 bomber "Miss Mitchell" at Bowman...