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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· 4 days agoBefore a match, Tony said, “My wife Susan’s uncle was an Army Air Forces crew member killed in North...
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...
‘As Lonely as a Man Can Get’: The True Story of D-Day, as Told by Paratroopers
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day 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...
AOL· 12 hours agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious landing craft used by the U.S. and Allies to fight and win World War II.
D-Day Lessons For Business and Future Service Members
Forbes· 22 hours agoAs we commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, the heroic actions of those who served...
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...
D-Day Anniversary: Interior view of B-25 Bomber at Bowman Field in Louisville, Ky.
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 1 day agoA view of the interior of B-25 bomber "Miss Mitchell" used in WWII parked at Bowman Field in...
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.