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100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
Courthouse News Service· 5 days agoBritish army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore...
D-Day hero Harry Howarth dies at 103 just weeks before anniversary of landing
Daily Express· 7 days agoNearly 25,000 men stormed Gold beach on D-Day with the objective of capturing the town of Bayeux and...
British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades
The Florence Times-Daily· 4 days agoLONDON — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that...
‘The heroes are all buried over there:’ WWII veteran on D-Day invasion
FOX 23 News Albany· 5 days agoIt’s been almost 80 years since U.S. troops took part in the largest invasion in U.S. history. There...
9 area men were killed in rarely discussed Exercise Tiger drill for D-Day invasion
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoApr. 28—Les Mlakar knew his uncle Albert was killed during World War II. But when his other uncles discussed it — which was rare, if ever — they only did so in Slovenian. For quite a long time ...
Mourners gather for funeral of D-Day veteran, 97
BBC via AOL· 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...
HMS Cattistock: Navy warship granted Freedom of Poole
BBC via AOL· 7 hours agoHe said: "In 1944 an earlier ship of the same name protected minesweepers in the days and hours...
Remembering Lehigh Valley residents who died during D-Day rehearsal
The Morning Call· 1 day agoForty-four service members from Pennsylvania lost their lives in the sinking of LST-507 and LST-531...
Little-known World War II exercise marked in New Bedford 80 years later
NBC 10 Providence· 18 hours agoThe Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Historical Association marked the anniversary of Exercise Tiger. Designed...
Typhoon repainted to mark 80 years since D-Day
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe RAF's display Typhoon has been repainted with a mid-war day fighter scheme [BBC] The RAF's display Typhoon has been repainted to mark 80 years since...