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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...
Opinion: D-Day should make us remember the sacrifices made to protect democracy
Gannett via AOL· 1 hour agoOnce Normandy had fallen, the neutralization of Germany was a matter of time, but also a period of...
‘The Light of Battle’ Review: Eisenhower’s Road to Normandy
The Wall Street Journal· 19 hours agoAt the top of it all, there was only one supreme allied commander, a 53-year-old American general...
US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing
The Nashua Telegraph· 5 hours agoA fighter jet lands on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as "IKE," in the Red Sea on Tuesday,...
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 ...
On board the Russian warship visiting Cuba
CNN.com· 10 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...
Today in History: ‘Under God’ added to the Pledge of Allegiance
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoOn June 14, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.
US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 9 hours agoDavid Wroe, the commodore overseeing the guided missile destroyers. One round of fire on Jan. 9 saw...
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...
'It was like finding gold for a girl who barely knew her dad': A Father's Day story
Chicago Sun-Times· 17 hours agoFrank R. Doubek died from an infection at age 46, four days after my third birthday, leaving behind...