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D-Day Anniversary: World War II veteran dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
WSB Radio· 2 hours agoA 102-year-old Navy veteran on his way to take part in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of...
102-Year-Old WWII Veteran Who Saw Flag Raised at Iwo Jima Dies on Way to D-Day Event in France
People via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoRobert Persichitti, of Fairport, New York, reportedly died last week at age 102 while en route to...
80 Years After D-Day, France Examines the Trauma of Allied Bombings
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoEUROPE NEWS SAINT-LÔ, France—On the evening of June 6, 1944, U.S. bombers appeared in the skies over...
Queen Camilla and France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron Coordinate in White for D-Day 80th Anniversary...
WWD via Yahoo News· 29 minutes agoQueen Camilla and First Lady of France Brigitte Macron made a united front alongside their spouses...
Biden links defense of Ukraine to heroism of D-Day as he warns ‘dark forces’ have not faded: ‘We...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoEighty years to the day that British, American, and Canadian soldiers landed in France and began the...
Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons in today's wars
WPXI· 1 hour agoOMAHA BEACH, France — (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to...
Biden draws links with WW2 and Ukraine in D-Day address
BBC via Yahoo News· 23 minutes agoJoe Biden has drawn parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and World War Two, in a speech...
France detains Ukrainian-Russian man over suspected explosives plot
RFI via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoFrance's intelligence agency has detained a 26-year-old Russian-Ukrainian man on suspicion of...
WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The Independent US via AOL· 2 hours agoA World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has...
Ukrainian President joins world leaders in France for D-Day commemorations
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in France to participate in the 80th anniversary...