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Navy's Eisenhower carrier group's deployment in the Red Sea extended
Task & Purpose· 5 hours agoAfter more than seven months in the waters around the Middle East intercepting and targeting Houthi...
World War II veterans will travel from Dallas to Normandy
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoOn May 31, they will travel again — to Dallas. Following a 1940s-themed send-off — to be attended by...
D-Day at 80: Honoring the WWII heroes of the Normandy Invasion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest military invasion in history, a nearly...
Local D-Day vet returning to Normandy for invasion’s 80th anniversary. ‘I’ve never forgotten what...
Chicago Tribune· 17 hours agoNinety-nine-year-old Richard “Dick” Rung of Carol Stream recalled the...000 Allied troops landed in...
Mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for 80th anniversary of D-Day
Politico· 11 hours agoPart of the purpose of fireworks shows, parachute jumps, solemn commemorations and ceremonies that ...
World War II veteran who turns 103 on Memorial Day recalls his months as POW in Germany
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoHis sight is now limited due to macular degeneration, and he uses a scooter because he broke his leg...
Cyr: D-Day still provides lessons today
telegraphherald.com· 4 days agoThe leadership of Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower was crucial. This eluded even the American ...
Opinion: D-Day remembered -- Iowan from Clinton jumped into France
The Gazette· 18 hours agoWith these words eighty years ago, Supreme Allies Commander, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, issued the...
D.J. Tice: In spite of an awful war, they 'had a good feeling about this country'
Tribune via AOL· 1 day agoOpinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• Like many veterans of World ...
'Running Towards the Fire': UNL film tells story of Omaha-born war reporter's D-Day jump into...
Omaha World-Herald· 6 days agoThe Omaha-born war correspondent for Great Britain’s Reuters news service had wangled a spot with...