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D-Day at 80: Honoring the WWII heroes of the Normandy Invasion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 3 days agoOn June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest military invasion in history, a nearly...
Author visits museum for D-Day presentation | Bella Vista Weekly Vista
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 3 hours agoIn recognition of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, author Donna Hanson spoke at the Bella Vista...
D-Day at 80: One more mission to Normandy for the greatest generation
Fox News· 3 hours agoNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch the Fox Nation series "The...
Jumping into history, Greenlawn man was one of 13,000 paratroopers remembered on 80th anniversary of...
Newsday· 3 hours agoShortly before 0200 hours on June 6, 1944, the C-47 transport plane neared Normandy and the...
What Ike Remembered When Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 20 Years After D-Day
Military.com· 1 day agoEisenhower, who had just given the go order for the D-Day landings after one last bout of wrangling...
Opinion | ‘Almost terrifying to contemplate’: Why D-Day nearly didn’t happen
Washington Post· 1 day agoGarrett M. Graff is a historian and the author, most recently, of “When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral...
Eisenhower statue unveiled at one of first villages liberated by Allied troops in France
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoSAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE, France — American military leaders past and present were on hand Monday to...
McDonald’s facts draw attention to its problems: Chart of the Week
AOL· 4 days agoMcDonald’s found itself in the spotlight this week as a casualty of its own prices when news of a (real) $18 Big Mac meal sent social media into overdrive, the high price for a reputed low-cost fast food chain blowing minds.
New York's WWI chaplains featured in new national exhibit
Albany Times Union· 4 days agoThe more than 2,000 chaplains who served all the faiths in the American Expeditionary Forces during...
D-day’s secret weapon: how wetland science stopped the Normandy landings from getting bogged down
The Conversation· 7 hours agoBeneath the roar of gunfire and the chaos of D-day, an unlikely hero played a vital role — wetland science. Often overlooked amid military strategies and troop movements, the study of mud proved ...