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D-Day veterans gather at Normandy invasion planning headquarters
BBC News· 21 hours agoD-Day veterans have spoken of their "sad memories" as they gathered at the headquarters where the...
‘Everything you read about D-Day is a load of rubbish, I was there’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoGeorge Chandler, 99, served on board a British motor torpedo boat as part of a flotilla that...
Veterans set sail for D-Day anniversary in France
BBC via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe veterans gathered on the deck of Mont St Michel as it left the UK [PA Media] Brittany Ferries' Mont St Michel was accompanied by a flotilla of...
Paris Olympics: Opening athlete parade on a river, not in a stadium, tops list of innovations
Newsday· 7 hours agoThis historic first for any Summer Games will launch the Paris Olympics and can be its defining...
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole mark D-day anniversary
BBC News· 2 days agoA flotilla of vessels led by Poole Harbour Commissioners is among the events planned in Bournemouth,...
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 11 hours agoCAEN, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy...
Deseret News archives: Evacuation at Dunkirk a pivotal moment in history
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe front page of the Deseret News on June 4, 1940, announcing the ongoing evacuation of Allied...
It’s Time to Rethink College Football’s Bloated Roster Sizes
Sports Illustrated· 3 hours agoMy question for Florida Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin was simple: Why do football teams...
On This Day, June 4: German occupiers flee Rome during World War II
United Press International via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoFile Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI In 1940, the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk, France, was...
Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
San Francisco Chronicle· 24 hours agoLes Underwood, 98, a Royal Navy gunner on a merchant ship that was delivering ammunition to the...