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D-Day: Eisenhower and the paratroopers who were key to success
CBS News· 6 days agoOn the eve of the D-Day invasion, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower spent the remaining hours of daylight with...
‘The Light of Battle’ Review: Eisenhower’s Road to Normandy
The Wall Street Journal· 11 hours agoAt the top of it all, there was only one supreme allied commander, a 53-year-old American general...
US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 1 hour agoDavid Wroe, the commodore overseeing the guided missile destroyers. One round of fire on Jan. 9 saw...
Lest we forget: Kansans gather to remember, honor D-Day, WWII soldiers
Tribune via AOL· 5 days agomarked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion during World War II. To remember Operation Overlord, several Kansas figures and the public gathered around the statue of ...
Janie Slaven: LIVING ON PURPOSE: A time for war and a time for peace
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 9—On June 6th, 1944, America under the guidance of General Dwight Eisenhower and its allies engaged in one of the most significant military operations ...
Is there mail on Flag Day? What is Flag Day and why we celebrate it on June 14
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAfter receiving a B- on it for having too many stars, he sent it to the White House. Two years later he received a call from President Dwight D.
Yemen's Houthi rebels launch 2 cruise missles and hit ship in Gulf of Aden, sparking blaze, US says
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoThe U.S. said Thursday that the Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and...
Today in History: ‘Under God’ added to the Pledge of Allegiance
Chicago Tribune· 18 hours agoOn June 14, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.
On board the Russian warship visiting Cuba
CNN.com· 2 hours ago“I never thought I would see a Russian submarine so up close,” said a Cuban man next to me as we waited in line in view of the four vessels. We were...
'It was like finding gold for a girl who barely knew her dad': A Father's Day story
Chicago Sun-Times· 9 hours agoFrank R. Doubek died from an infection at age 46, four days after my third birthday, leaving behind...