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How Topeka native Brett Criqui ended up on stage in military uniform with the band Kansas
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHe recalled thinking at that time, "I'm having an out-of-body experience." "The audience just went...
'I was nervous': World War II veteran shares reaction to D-Day on 80th anniversary of invasion
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoNeither he nor any of the five took part in D-Day. The National D-Day Memorial website estimated...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
Springfield's last surviving D-Day veteran honored for his service on 80th anniversary
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEven when he was off the field, he remained...Springfield Chamber of Commerce athletic committee as...
Vietnam War veteran, proponent of veterans issues around Lincoln and central Illinois dies
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoKim...provide shelter to central Illinois veterans, homeless persons and those at risk of...
'He's a draft dodger!' Veterans mince no words in Trump takedown for Biden D-Day ad
The Raw Story· 3 days agoOn the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Biden campaign released a new video of three military veterans who minced no words in taking down former President Donald Trump, with ...
Never too late: WWII veteran, 100, to marry fiancee, 96, near Normandy beach
Sun-Sentinel· 6 days agoIt’s one of the many reasons his fiancee, Jeanne Swerlin, 96, is marrying him. “He’s such a good...
Libertyville veteran reflects on D-Day, 80 years after the invasion
Daily Herald· 4 days agoDon Carter landed with the US Army in Normandy on D-Day Plus 2 during World War II. He is now 99 years old and poses in his Libertyville home on June 5. Eighty years after the D-Day invasion ...
The D-Day weather forecast was flawed, but the Allies won and the war changed meteorology forever
Philly.com· 4 days agoA memorial honoring a World War II hero will be unveiled in Atlantic...Thursday, the 80th...
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Army Times· 6 days agoThe first group of Texas National Guard troops moved into a new 80-acre base being built in Eagle Pass as part of Texas' $11 billion border initiative...Black combat unit ...