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‘Those are the heroes’: Clovis WWII veteran shares stories from D-Day
KSEE articles via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoFRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – California has the most living World War II veterans in the country,...
Darlington's acclaimed WWII veteran Rocky Gannon dies at 99
The Morning News· 2 days agoWWII veteran aviator and Pee Dee public servant Lt. Col. (RET) Roland J. “Rocky” Gannon died early...
WWII invasion evokes joys of liberation, pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead
Marshall Independent· 15 hours agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler’s forces couldn’t help but notice the hungry French boy by ...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Survivors, leaders meet in Normandy
WPXI· 8 hours agoThe surviving veterans of D-Day, most in wheelchairs, were again in Normandy on Thursday, as they...
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoD-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and possibly the last due to smaller...
US test-fires two unarmed Minuteman III nuclear weapons
Air Force Times· 2 hours agoThe U.S. military test-fired two unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles this...
Hand-Built 'Warbird' WWII Jeep Hot Rod Is an Absurdly Detailed Work of Art
THE DRIVE via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHand-Built 'Warbird' WWII Jeep Hot Rod Is an Absurdly Detailed Work of Art photo Here's something...
...Pressburger’s ‘The Small Back Room,’ the ‘Hurt Locker’ of Post-WWII British Cinema, Gets a 4K...
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFollowing a wartime weapons expert whose experiences studying and disarming bombs have led to...
Parachute jump from WWII-era planes kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
CBS News· 4 days agoParachutists hurled themselves from World War II-era planes into the now peaceful Normandy skies...
D-Day at Omaha Beach taught Carl Felton, now 98, that life and democracy are fragile
Chambersburg Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago"Democracy will always be at risk," Felton added. "That’s the message from Benjamin Franklin, it was...