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‘Everything you read about D-Day is a load of rubbish, I was there’
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoGeorge Chandler, 99, served on board a British motor torpedo boat as part of a flotilla that...
Why the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony won't take place in a stadium
Channel 8 San Diego· 16 hours agoExactly 100 years since the Olympics were last staged in Paris, and 128 years since its modern...
D-Day shipwrecks were a WW2 time capsule – now they are home to rich ocean-floor life
BBC News· 1 hour agoAmong the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line our coasts, burgeoning wildlife is thriving on...
UK D-Day veterans set sail for Normandy 80 years on
Reuters· 1 day agoTwo dozen D-Day veterans were the star passengers of a flotilla which set sail from Portsmouth, England, on Tuesday, bound for the beaches of Normandy...
Centenarian vets are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
Military Times via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThey just said, “Your service days are over. We don’t need you no more.'’’ George Chandler George...
US Coast Guard Auxiliary offers safety training and certification
Mohave Daily News· 1 day agoU.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla wants boaters to be safe this summer. "Outside of the Great...
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole mark D-day anniversary
BBC News· 3 days agoA flotilla of vessels led by Poole Harbour Commissioners is among the events planned in Bournemouth,...
Opinion | The Pentagon is learning how to change at the speed of war
Washington Post· 16 hours agoFor several decades, military reformers such as retired Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix have pleaded with...
Kenny Chesney’s 12th Pittsburgh stadium show sets personal Steel City high of 60,126 fans
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoPITTSBURGH ― Country superstar Kenny Chesney's 12th Pittsburgh stadium show Saturday drew a personal...
Veterans set sail for D-Day anniversary in France
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe veterans gathered on the deck of Mont St Michel as it left the UK [PA Media] Brittany Ferries' Mont St Michel was accompanied by a flotilla of...