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The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
Best D-Day movies and where to stream them
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 day agoD-Day will be celebrated June 6, marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 invasion of Normandy. The land, air and sea forces of the Allied armies in ...
80 Years After D-Day, France Examines the Trauma of Allied Bombings
The Wall Street Journal· 13 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, Robert Edward Pedigo...of boats so dense that they appeared to form a bridge to...
Tennessee was home to Army’s only barrage balloon program during World War II
WKRN Nashville· 3 hours agoOne of the most recognizable anti-aircraft weapons used in that invasion was made here in Tennessee....
The 4 most dangerous missions American troops carried out 80 years ago on D-Day
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoGermans started cutting their ropes. Rangers who reached the cliff top encountered more enemy fire,...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day
The Gazette· 15 hours agoVeterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last time, pilgrimaged Tuesday to what was the bloodiest of...
Arkansas World War II veteran lands in France ahead of D-Day anniversary
KARK via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Little Rock World War II veteran is in France Tuesday, memorializing the...
Why did US hesitate to allow Ukraine to hit Russia with American weapons?
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoAs U.S. President Joe Biden sought to avoid escalation with Russia over military aid to Ukraine, the...
The first American on the beach at D-Day served through the Vietnam War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThe USS Barnett, six months after D-Day...on them, “friendly” bombs lighting up the morning sky,...
Haynes: Memorial Day story reminds us 'The others can’t tell theirs'
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFirst Lt. Coy Buell Ellison died on Aug. 2, 1944, on a World War II bombing mission over Romania. He...