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D-Day at 80: This Delaware man led a platoon in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoBy then, the men could see that other elements of the assault wave were already bogged down, many of...
Quad-Cities Popular Astronomy Club: Phase of the moon helped determine the date of D-Day
Quad-City Times· 59 minutes agoJune 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe that ultimately led...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
U-T San Diego· 7 hours agoThe Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the...Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by around 1,200 aircraft that ...
Put-In-Bay Science Days added to South Bass, Gibraltar islands summer events calendar
News Herald via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThose wishing to participate in a Gibraltar Island tour should meet at the Boardwalk Restaurant dock...
War in Europe casts pall over D-Day anniversary
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThursday marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the date U.S. and allied forces stormed French beaches in an attack that helped defeat Nazi Germany in...
They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw
NPR· 3 hours agotime, I was afraid that I wasn't going to get back to our staging area in time to board the ship for...
They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw
MPR News· 3 hours agoFrank Walk was in a hurry. The U.S. Army captain had been ordered to bring top-secret planning documents to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters, which at the time was ...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WSB Radio· 3 hours agoWorld War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary
WGME CBS 13· 6 hours agoAs the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought...
Still driving at 100: a D-Day veteran’s wartime motoring experiences
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAt dawn on June 6 1944, 20-year-old John Roberts was serving as a sub-lieutenant on the bridge of...