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Eric Frydenlund: Amelia Earhart, George Patton and my lost car keys
Wisconsin State Journal· 6 days agoAs an avid recreational hiker and devoted reader of outdoor adventure tales, I am enamored with the...
The pub where Eisenhower and Patton made D-Day plans over dinner
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGen George S Patton was based in Cheshire ahead of the D-Day landings [US Army Signal Corps] "D-Day...
Letters: Labour’s evasiveness on tax bodes ill for hard-pressed households
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoI will never forget the day that General George Patton came to our house for tea. My father farmed...
Letter: Appreciating sacrifice of D-Day veterans
Tulsa World· 1 day agoHarold C. Dallam — he retired a colonel in 1982 — was fighting the Nazis with the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division (second to none). The...
Patton Oswalt on the Origin of His Name and the Benefits of Being Funny
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoThey already had big plans for me. I didn’t learn until I was 6 that I was named for General George ...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
Army Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThey conducted daring nighttime raids, like the one on the Italian military outpost at the Sened...
Remembering D-Day: Local WWII veteran shares memories of Normandy invasion
NBC Boston· 2 days agoConsigli was drafted to General George Patton’s “Blackcat” Tank Battalion. Consigli took dozens of...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, Delaware WWII veteran recalls his mission with 'ghost army'
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“We didn’t get any news. We just kept going with what we had to do,” he said. According to the...
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The most important day of the 20th century
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 3 days agomarks the 80th Anniversary of the single most important day of the 20th century, forever known as D-Day. World War II was the pre-eminent event of the 20th century and the bloodiest event in ...
D-Day 80th anniversary recalls the millions involved in giant operation and its aftermath
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 3 days agoV-mail letters were an official military letter sent back to the states, often with sections...