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Restaurant closings; saving Misquamicut Beach; Cliff Walk future: Top stories this week
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAnd how exactly did the Cliff Walk, which is pieced together on a series of private properties, come...
World War II veteran marries his bride near Normandy's D-Day beaches. He's 100, she's 96
The Morning News· 2 days agoOn her way into the nuptials, the bubbly bride-to-be said: "It's not just for young people, love,...
Marcus Freeman Knows The Offense Must Be Better In Big Games
Athlon Sports· 14 hours agoIn his one season at Notre Dame, Gerad Parker coordinated an offense that scored a post-World War II...
From 2007: Sam Gibbons on parachuting into Normandy on D-Day
WUSF 89.7· 4 days agoThursday is the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France during World War II, also known as D-Day. It was one of the turning points of the < ...
The first American on the beach at D-Day served through the Vietnam War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThey had been working as a unit since the start of the war and the Allied leadership was certain...
D-Day was 80 years ago. Tennessee football stopped for a war. Four players never returned.
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoHe returned in ’46 and made an iconic play, a 78-yard punt return in a 20-14 win over North...
The Greatest Generation’s Greatest Gift
The Dispatch· 3 days agoBedford Hoback is buried at the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, not far from where he was killed, surrounded by 9,386 white crosses, perfectly...
South Africa legalises cannabis use. Will the rest of Africa follow?
Al Jazeera· 2 hours agoOn the eve of the May 27 general elections, which saw the ruling African National Congress lose its...
Still driving at 100: a D-Day veteran’s wartime motoring experiences
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAt dawn on June 6 1944, 20-year-old John Roberts was serving as a sub-lieutenant on the bridge of...
Recognizing D-Day sacrifices for representative democracy, as America faces a new reckoning
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEighty years ago today, in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the largest invasion fleet in...