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100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoBritish army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore...
House Republicans’ Bench Thins—Yet Daredevils Can’t Quit Skydiving
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoFor now, many GOP daredevils remain undeterred. Consider the dozen or so Republican lawmakers...
D-Day veterans recall looking forward to cups of tea and bailing out of tanks
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoD-Day veterans have told children how they were “looking forward to cups of tea” after landing in...
Inside incredible case of D-Day hero whose death sentence was overturned
Daily Express· 4 days agoJust three weeks later, Henry was found guilty by a US military court and sentenced to death. This...
9 area men were killed in rarely discussed Exercise Tiger drill for D-Day invasion
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 1 day agoFor quite a long time, most Americans did not know the truth of what happened April 27 and 28, 1944,...
Britain Obit Gladden
The Argus-Press· 5 days agoFILE - D-Day veteran Bill Gladden shows off one of his paintings, that depicts the type of glider in which he landed in Normandy on D-Day, at his home in
Las Vegas veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 2 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Again. Five years ago, Onofrio...
Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoA group of Second World War veterans have come together to share a “bit of living history” ahead of...
D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider dies aged 100
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days agoA “one in a million” D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider and survived being...
Mourners gather for funeral of D-Day veteran, 97
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWilliam Tolley joined the armed forces as a young man [BBC] Mourners gathered in Yeovil on Friday afternoon for the funeral of a 97-year-old D-Day...