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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoThe 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion is Thursday, and with it comes commemorations on the...
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The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoRetired...Melvin Hurwitz, 99, and other veterans were introduced to the foreign dignitaries...
D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings of 1944?
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAirborne troops were dropped behind enemy lines in the early hours, while thousands of ships...
Veterans sing and dance at close of town commemoration service in Normandy
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoSomething sparkles. It’s really nice.” In the hot sunshine on Thursday, veterans wore sunglasses as...
Normandy churches honor D-Day paratroopers as biblical heroes in stained-glass windows
Fox News· 2 days agoThe American paratroopers who dropped from the sky into Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, appeared...
The Latest | D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WCBD-TV Charleston· 2 days agoWorld War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led t…
Remembering D-Day: Army vet to parachute into Normandy to mark invasion's 80th anniversary
Gannett via AOL· 3 days ago“People say that French people don’t like Americans, but I don’t think that’s true, especially not...
80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted course: Here's how D-Day unfolded
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMidnight: All five beaches at Normandy are declared secure. CONTRIBUTING Frank Pompa SOURCE USA...
How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 5 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in...
In France, D-Day evokes joys of liberation and pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
The Post and Courier· 2 days agoSome 20,000 Normandy civilians were killed in the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion and as the landing...