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'A very important day': Area residents reflect on D-Day, 80 years later
telegraphherald.com· 6 hours agoFor Jacqueline Winders, D-Day was celebrated in silence. Winders, now of Dubuque, lived in...
'Not many made it through': Ohio forever connected to D-Day invasion
Mansfield News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoBy day's end on June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 troops from the United States, Canada and Britain...
Hour by hour: A brief timeline of the Allies' June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France
San Francisco Chronicle· 8 hours agoJune 6, 1944, began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normany, followed by...
'The Americans are landing': A grandmother's 80-year-old diary documents opening of D-Day
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe English translation: “The Americans are landing in France.” The wife of a French farmer held...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
In photos: The last WWII veterans mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Washington Post· 5 hours agoThese are no ordinary beaches. Eighty years after a massive invasion force landed here, beginning the liberation of German-occupied France, an unmistakable solemnity lingers ...
Today in History: D-Day in Normandy during World War II
Chicago Tribune· 3 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on...
80 years after D-Day: A look back at historic mission in photos
WJXT Jacksonville· 33 minutes agoAt the time, France was occupied by Nazi Germany, and the Allied soldiers bravely landed on the...
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead
The Mining Journal· 5 hours agoMen of an airborne unit use a German half-track motorcycle to carry their ammunition and supplies in...
D-Day veteran recalls landing 'in flying coffin'
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMr Arthur, 100, was part of the 6th Airborne Division on D-Day [Jo Makel/BBC] Troops from the UK, the US, Canada and France attacked German forces on the...