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The American D-Day soldiers who left messages in a castle
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoIt is estimated that about 300,000 American military personnel were deployed to Northern Ireland by...
'Oddities In The El Paso News,' a look at border life in 1922: Trish Long
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSo reads a sign in an El Paso restaurant. Americans note with surprise that squads of soldiers...
For Heroes of D-Day, This Reunion Might Be a ‘Last Hurrah’
New York Times· 1 day agoIt is 80 years since the Allied invasion of Normandy, and the average age of veterans hovers at 100....
As World War I loomed, here’s how Fort Worth gathered in a spirit of patriotic unity
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe spirit of racial unity would be severely tested in the next two years when more than 2,000 Black...
In June 1944, a Tribune correspondent set the scene ahead of the ‘greatest invasion ever attempted’
Chicago Tribune· 4 days ago...who landed on Omaha Beach with American troops, received the Purple Heart, nine battle stars and...
FOX 5/KUSI presents special screening of ‘D-Day: The Greatest Victory’ aboard USS Midway Museum
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEighty years ago, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, in what is...
Weapons: Autocannon Rule
Strategy Page· 3 days agoNovember 1, 2023: Ukraine requested tanks and other armored vehicles from NATO and has received some Challenger, Leopard and M1 tanks. Ukraine also received IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) ...