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Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead
WJXT Jacksonville· 3 days agoClarke, then an 18-year-old Royal Air Force volunteer from Jamaica, was still a trainee learning...
‘I’d love to ask him questions’ – paratrooper whose grandfather fought for Nazis
Press Association News via AOL· 6 hours ago“I do think about him often, he survived the war, I vividly remember growing up clearly too young to...
King, Queen and Prince of Wales join veterans to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 23 hours agoThe RAF Red Arrows (Joe Giddens/PA) The morning will culminate in a flypast by the Royal Air Force...
On D-Day, the Allies had the will, leadership to win | Your Observer
The Longboat Observer· 8 hours ago... still alive, the vast majority of today’s 340 million Americans have no inkling of what occurred 80 years ago today on the shores of France — D-Day, June 6, 1944. … Heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force attacked enemy coast-defence guns in their eoncrete emplacements, dropping 5,200 tons of bombs...
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
Sun-Sentinel· 7 hours agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada...
Hopes to reunite Sheffield WW2 Sgt's cricket cap with family
BBC News· 5 hours agoNorton Woodseats Cricket Club is hoping to reunite Geoffrey Slater's cricket cap with his family.
'Doctor Who' Original Cast Member William Russell Dies at 99
TV Insider· 12 hours agoThe passing was announced in an obituary posted by The Guardian newspaper in the U.K., revealing...
West Sussex RAF veterans in Bargain Hunt D-Day special
BBC News· 3 days agoRAF veterans from West Sussex have taken part in a special episode of Bargain Hunt to mark the 80th...
William delivers incredibly moving speech as he reads from veterans' D-Day diary
Daily Express· 15 hours agoThe Prince of Wales has touched down in Portsmouth to take part in the first of a number of events...
Flag waving and flypast mark major D-Day commemorations for 80th anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 14 hours agoThe RAF Red Arrows (Joe Giddens/PA) The morning will culminate in a flypast by the Royal Air Force...