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On this day in history, June 6, 1944, US and Allies invade Normandy in greatest military invasion
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe D-Day operation, on this day in history, June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion in...
The 4 most dangerous missions American troops carried out 80 years ago on D-Day
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMeanwhile, amphibious tank operators tried to shield Allied infantry and medics came ashore to try...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, Delaware WWII veteran recalls his mission with 'ghost army'
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“Tom and the rest deserved to be recognized for what they did and I'm glad they finally have been.”...
American soldier buried with Germans in WWII accounted for
Task & Purpose· 7 days ago1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was 28 when he was killed in June 1944. A platoon commander of four M-10 ...
WWII vet and former baseball player speaks of D-Day one last time
ESPN· 5 days agoWITH A ROPE tied around his waist and bullets whizzing past, Jack Hamlin jumped from his Coast Guard...
Original U.S. WWII 501st PIR 101st Airborne M42 Paratrooper Jump Jacket with Invasion Flag Patch
Mountain View Telegraph· 5 days agoOfficially known as Coat, Parachute Jumper this jacket was won by a member of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during WWII. The famous test platoon ...
In photos: Biden marks 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy
Axios· 5 days ago"You met the test of ages that moment 80 years ago."
Opinion: The man who fooled Hitler
CNN via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoCounterspies are the messiest but most potentially history-altering conduits of information, writes Tim Naftali, citing D-Day and the end of the Cold War...
How the ‘Corridor of Death’ Saved the D-Day Invasion
The Daily Beast· 5 days agoOn the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we look back at a little-remembered battle two months after the invasion, one that truly turned the tide of WWII....
San Diego D-Day veteran reflects on 80th anniversary of arriving in Normandy
Channel 8 San Diego· 5 days agoRetired U.S. Naval Commander Joseph Robert Wilson, Bob Wilson, 104, tries to forget the pain of...