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Remembering D-Day: Facts, figures, timeline of the battle that changed the course of WWII
Dallas Morning News· 27 minutes agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity,...
Hour by hour: A brief timeline of the Allies' June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France
Dayton Daily News· 1 day agoOMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A brief timeline of events on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’
Sioux City Journal· 1 hour agoBorn May 28, 1924, near Avella, Pennsylvania, he served with theArmy’s 128th Armored Field Artillery...
Veterans gather for last big D-Day anniversary under cloud of new war in Europe
NBC News via Yahoo News· 26 minutes agoThe D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy, France, reflect a Europe where peace has been...
As their time runs short, D-Day veterans try to keep their memories alive for others
NPR· 3 hours agoThis is something that, when they think of the Second World War, this is what they picture, I think." The success of D-Day wasn't guaranteed. Allied commanders employed trickery, including a ...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
Stacker via AOL· 19 hours agoAs these new battalions were forming and training, two in Africa and two in Tennessee, there was...
Atlanta remains under state of emergency amid ongoing water troubles
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAtlanta remains under a state of emergency Monday as it battles disruptions to its water service...
‘Sky aglow with fire and death’: Pilot’s letter describes D-Day landing
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 21 hours agoGordon Gibson, a Royal Canadian Air Force reconnaissance pilot, wrote the remarkable letter to his...
On D-Day, they changed the world. 80 years later, an incredible journey takes them back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMitchell, a gunner, had known precious little about the military before he enlisted in the Army in...