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‘Age has caught up with me’, says D-Day veteran unable to go to Normandy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe harbours also served to protect the undersea pipeline known as Operation Pluto. For two days...
Heroism of RAF medic who landed on D-Day’s bloodiest beach ‘by mistake’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe extraordinary heroism of a Royal Air Force doctor who saved the lives of scores of Allied...
How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
Associated Press· 1 day agoWhen Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England...
D-Day 80: Events in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
BBC News· 9 hours agoThe Normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history and laid the foundations for the Allied victory in World War Two. Portsmouth played...
Haunting art installation marks D-Day anniversary: See the pics
FOX 10 Phoenix· 60 minutes agoVER-SUR-MER, France - The eyes of the world are once again on the northern coast of France, where...
King and Queen hear moving recollections from D-Day veterans at Palace
Press Association News via AOL· 58 minutes agoThat was his D-Day entry. ‘The news was given out at 8am that the invasion of the continent of...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and their fallen friends
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 7 hours ago“Bill” Wall, who flew bombers in WWII and will celebrate his 101st birthday this week as world...
Book Review: 'When the Sea Came Alive' expands understanding of D-Day invasion
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWriting about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading onto familiar history...
Triangle Architect, who designed D-Day Monument in Normandy, reflects on meaning of monument
NBC 17 Raleigh· 4 hours agoFrom the colors to the materials, the monument is designed to teach and remind people of the...
Europe gears up to mark 80 years since D-Day Normandy landings
Euronews via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoD-Day, also known as Operation Overlord, remains the biggest amphibious operation in military...