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Ben White, veteran journalist and CNBC contributor dead after brief illness, his partner announces
NY Post via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoX / Ben White Veteran reporter David Weigel wrote: “Awful news. So sorry for your loss. I loved...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
San Antonio Express-News· 6 hours agoUnder their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed...
Centenarian vets are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
Military Times via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHe landed on Omaha Beach in 1944, where he ran under machine-gun fire and made it to the cliffs...
Pictured: Police officer, 29, stabbed to death anti-Islam rally in Germany
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTwo dozen of the officer’s colleagues paid tribute to their fallen comrade, removing their hats...
Remembering D-Day: Facts, figures, timeline of the battle that changed the course of WWII
Dallas Morning News· 6 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
How filming Saving Private Ryan shook an Irish beach
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThis meant only three special effects were used in the sequence, with real explosions and fire. Some eight cameras were rolling at once, capturing the...
North Shields Normandy veteran to pay tribute to fallen comrades
BBC News· 20 hours agoA 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran who took part in the Normandy Landings is planning a journey to...
D-Day veteran to celebrate 80 years of freedom
BBC via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJohn Dennett said it was important to remember the thousands of lads "who gave their life for our freedom" [PA Media] A D-Day veteran has said returning...
Zuma Gets Revenge by Humbling His Former Comrades
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‘The World Is Family’ Review: A Wistful Chronicle of Personal Politics Beginning in India’s Freedom...
Variety· 6 hours agoPatwardhan’s 1992 breakout “Ram ke Naam” (“In the Name of God”) was a prescient chronicle of India’s...