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WW2 veteran aged 102 dies on way to D-Day event
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 minutes agoA World War Two US Navy veteran travelling to France for an event marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings has died, a veteran organisation has ...
A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe National World War II Museum: The museum in New Orleans has events all day on Thursday and...
WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoA World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has...
Watch Live: D-Day 80th anniversary ceremony underway in France
NBC 2 Fort Myers· 1 hour agoAs the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought...
Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned South Korea into a manufacturing hotspot
Fortune· 2 hours agoThe war in Ukraine, fought almost entirely on the ground, has proved them wrong. Hanwha’s old-school armored vehicles and munitions are in high demand, not least because the ...
US Navy Seals re-enact Utah Beach D-Day landing on 80th anniversary
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHundreds of people, some in Second World War-era uniforms, arrived before dawn to stretch out across...
U.S. Rep. Keith Self to parachute over France as part of D-Day remembrance
Dallas Morning News· 1 hour agoWearing a World War II uniform and carrying mementos from two members of the Greatest Generation,...
World War II Veteran Dies at 102 While Traveling to D-Day Event in France
New York Times· 8 hours agoRobert Persichitti witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. A World War II Navy veteran...
'I had no purpose': Navy vet hit bottom, now hitting his stride thanks to Naples nonprofits
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHe graduated with no plan of what’s next. He moved back to South Florida and worked in a restaurant,...
One of the Navy’s last WAVES is buried in San Antonio
San Antonio Express-News· 15 hours agoJovita Tellez had graduated from Luling High School as World War II raged. In her case, it would be ...