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‘You saved the world’: WWII veterans shine on D-Day
Digital Journal· 4 days agoAt British, US and Canadian ceremonies, they recounted their memories of the Allied landings on June 6, 1944 that would help expel German forces from...
Rochester WWII veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 on way to D-Day ceremony in France
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoBut he lived right. He made a world around him that was supportive ... and he was nice right back....
The 4 most dangerous missions American troops carried out 80 years ago on D-Day
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told his invasion force, "Your task will not be an easy one." He was...
America created peace in Europe after WWII. We can’t let Russia undo it in Ukraine | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAs we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we remember critical moments in the past when America...
102-year-old WWII veteran from New York dies while traveling to France for D-Day anniversary
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRobert "Bob" Persichitti, a World War II Navy veteran from New York, died at the age of 102 while he...
Martinez WWII veteran and TikTok star "Papa Jake" marks 80th anniversary of D-Day
CBS News· 4 days agoThursday marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France, the turning point in the war...
6 of the best Thailand holiday destinations for luxury retreats and budget breaks
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoKanchanaburi is a town steeped in history that crisscrosses the River Kwai with the WWII Burma...
His brothers died in WWII, but French admirers keep their memory alive
Washington Post· 5 days agoDonald Stevens couldn’t make it to Normandy this year for the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday,...
The Greatest Generation’s Greatest Gift
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs the 80th anniversary commemorations were underway in Normandy, in my role as resident historian for Friends of the National WWII Memorial, I stood at...
'Check your bayonets': Remembering D-Day, and the hours after
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 5—"I'm no better than anyone else." That statement, in effect, was what put Foster Feathers in that landing craft, in the chop of Omaha Beach, on June 8, 1944: D-Day, Plus Two. Feathers ...
