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D-Day 80th Anniversary: Your Guide To Commemorative Events In Normandy
Forbes· 1 day agoThe festival for the 80th anniversary of D-Day will take place from Pegasus Bridge to Sainte...all...
Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 21 hours agoMr Aldred, 99, who served as a tank driver and landed on Gold Beach in Normandy the day after D-Day
D-Day 80: Normandy veteran, 103, 'determined' to make event
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDon Sheppard, from Basildon, who is Essex's oldest Normandy veteran, fought on the beaches on 6 June...
D-Day veterans recall looking forward to cups of tea and bailing out of tanks
Press Association News via AOL· 23 hours agoHe said: “You all stick together like glue and the main thing is ‘how soon can I have a cup of tea...
80th anniversary of deadly D-Day rehearsal marked
BBC via AOL· 19 hours agoSlapton Sands was used for various D-Day rehearsals because of its geographical similarities to Utah Beach in Normandy
D-Day hero Harry Howarth dies at 103 just weeks before anniversary of landing
Daily Express· 5 days agoNearly 25,000 men stormed Gold beach on D-Day with the objective of capturing the town of Bayeux and...
100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque· 3 days agoLONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet...
Travel with Rob: Day 7 – Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Sainte-Mere-Eglise
WCBD-TV Charleston· 6 days agoDay 7 of our WCBD News 2 Viewers Trip is in the books! Another busy day in Normandy, starting with a...
Town where key D-Day decision made not lighting beacon
BBC via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoIt said it would "never forget the sacrifice made on D-Day or the selfless courage of the veterans...
Airlines Honoring D-Day Veterans
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoIn honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, two American airlines will host World War II Veterans on trips to Normandy, France.