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D-Day anniversary haunted by dwindling number of veterans and shadowed by Europe's new war
DJournalnow· 2 hours agoOMAHA BEACH, France — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the...
55 Inspiring Quotes To Remember the Battle of Normandy on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
Parade via AOL· 11 hours ago“We’ll start the war from right here!” — Brigadier General Theodore...General Dwight Eisenhower, in...
Video of Joe Biden at D-Day ceremony is deceptively edited
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoCritics of Joe Biden are claiming a video shows him trying to sit down when there was no chair...
80 Years On: D-Day Diary Tells Heroic Story
AARP· 7 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, Anthony Sirco was a gunner’s mate on board the USS Arkansas — the oldest ship in the U.S. Navy and known as “Arky” — which shelled Omaha...
‘It feels very lonely’: 80 years after D-Day, only 2 USS Nevada crew members remain
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 12 hours agoAnd I continue to meet lovely people. The younger generation takes good care of us.” The...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, remembrance of Williamsburg-area soldiers who went ashore
Daily Press· 12 hours agoHistory records that four area men, two from Williamsburg and two from nearby King William County,...
‘The first wave went through hell:’ The 16th Infantry Regiment’s role in victory on D-Day
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoArmy’s 1st Infantry Division. Its members faced a particularly daunting task: As part of the first...
D-Day: Through the eyes of a veteran
CBS7· 38 minutes agoThursday, June 6 marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day where Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy during World War II, leading to the eventual...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, a Colorado WWII veteran reflects: “They knew they had to win at all...
Denver Post· 12 hours ago“I was very motivated to join,” the 99-year-old veteran recalled in an interview ahead of Thursday’s...
National D-Day Memorial honors “Bedford Boys” and commemorates 80th D-Day anniversary
WDBJ 7 Roanoke· 13 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, they stormed the shores of Normandy, France in the D-Day invasion at 6:36 a.m.,...
