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Back to Normandy: Cumberland County veteran to mark D-Day 80th anniversary in France
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA Cumberland County World War II veteran is headed to France later this year for the 80th...
At Normandy D-Day celebrations, echoes of Ukraine’s looming fight
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSTE MARE EGLISE, France — While U.S. military officers caution against too direct a comparison...
Opinion: Seeing the sacrifices of D-Day through veteran eyes
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWorld War II history enthusiast Arnauld Villalard marks respect on a headstone in the U.S. cemetery...
Five ways you can remember D-Day on its 78th anniversary
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMonday is the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the massive World War II operation during which the United...
On D-Day anniversary, fewer World War II veterans remain alive in Erie to tell their stories
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore U.S. servicemembers died during World War II than the number of veterans of that war are still...
'The Forgotten Army' of WWII: D-Day 2022 spurs remembrance of 2.5M vital Allied Indian soldiers
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Allied Normandy landing in 1944 is known as "the beginning of the end of war in Europe." But...
Frederick County veteran who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day dies at 99
The Frederick News-Post, Md. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 21—Guy Whidden, a Frederick County resident and World War II veteran who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day in 1944, died Monday at the age of 99, his family announced. "A man who would ...
Today in History: June 6, D-Day in Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoToday in History Today is Tuesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2023. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed ...
Q&A: 82nd Airborne Division general talks deployments, All American Week and training
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoIt’s been nearly six months since Maj. Gen. J. Patrick Work took command of the 82nd Airborne...
France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on the public to collect photos, films,...