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D-Day anniversary haunted by dwindling number of veterans and shadowed by Europe's new war
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton· 2 days agoOMAHA BEACH, France — (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to...
'Proud' 20,000 bikers finish Dave Myers tribute ride
BBC via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoDawn Mayers has flown from Malaysia to take part in Dave Day [Dawn Mayers] Keni Carrington, 70, travelled from France on Friday and is riding the entire...
How a World War II Escape Map Found a Second Use as a Ladies Garment
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoMade from richly printed silk, the blouse resembled a map of Europe—one that highlighted roadways in such countries as France, Belgium ...
A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France's highest honor
ClickOnDetroit· 2 days agoVER-SUR-MER – Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny, French...
Warbirds gather for 33rd annual World War II Weekend
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoA crowd of thousands couldn’t help but look skyward as the supercharged roar of the P-51 Mustang’s engine sang across the Mid Atlantic Air Museum’s airfield’s Saturday afternoon. Looping and ...
A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France's highest honor
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoVER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny,...
Macron presents Légion d’honneur to 104-year-old Wren officer who plotted D-Day landings
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHer task was to assist the preparations for the operation for the Allied invasion of Europe that...
D-Day remembered in France | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 2 days agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France -- President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday...
A Figure Who Worked in the Shadows on D-Day Awarded France's Highest Honor
US News & World Report· 2 days agoVER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny, French President Emmanuel Macron kissed her on both ...
The American fascism debate gets a reboot
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“That model of historical comparison where we look to what happened to Germany in the 1930s and then use it as kind of a navigational device or a map for...
