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A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 42 minutes agoThe National World War II Museum: The museum in New Orleans has events all day on Thursday and...
D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WWBT· 33 minutes agoAs the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought...
US Navy Seals re-enact Utah Beach D-Day landing on 80th anniversary
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoHundreds of people, some in Second World War-era uniforms, arrived before dawn to stretch out across...
'I had no purpose': Navy vet hit bottom, now hitting his stride thanks to Naples nonprofits
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 46 minutes agoHe graduated with no plan of what’s next. He moved back to South Florida and worked in a restaurant,...
World War II Veteran Dies at 102 While Traveling to D-Day Event in France
New York Times· 7 hours agoRobert Persichitti witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. A World War II Navy veteran...
War and indifference: Where is the public outrage?
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoAll of that waste is well-known. What was not known — and what the government still denies — was the act of war the Biden administration waged against...
One of the Navy’s last WAVES is buried in San Antonio
San Antonio Express-News· 13 hours agoJovita Tellez had graduated from Luling High School as World War II raged. In her case, it would be ...
D-Day at Omaha Beach taught Carl Felton, now 98, that life and democracy are fragile
Chambersburg Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe French see Felton and other veterans of the war's European Theater as the saviors of their...
Navy's HALO Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile Planned For Ships, Submarines, As Well As Jets
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoU.S. government agencies have to formally justify their reasons for awarding contracts without a...
Royal Navy veteran who survived Second World War freighter sinking dies aged 98
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoA Royal Navy veteran who survived the sinking of a freighter off France during the Second World War...