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Why some Allied troops fighting in WW II were dubbed D-Day Dodgers
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoEighty years ago as the Allied invasion of western Europe began off the shores of Normandy, France,...
Sunak to miss international D-Day memorial event with world leaders
Press Association News via AOL· 57 minutes ago“We will commemorate their courage, we will honour their fallen comrades and we will ensure that...
Meet five men with Augusta-area connections who forged historic, heroic ties to D-Day
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoTwo days before the D-Day invasion, he and his comrades in the 553rd Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
Reason German snipers spared life of UK soldier who played bagpipes on D-Day
Daily Express· 1 hour agoPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said those who fought on that day "changed the course of history."...
The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary
Stamford Advocate· 3 hours agoAs now-centenarian veterans revisit old memories and fallen comrades buried in Normandy graves,...
The King’s D-Day 80th anniversary speech in full
Press Association News via AOL· 57 minutes ago“United, they fought together for what my grandfather, King George VI, described as “a world in which goodness and honour may be the foundation of the...
Village pays 'emotional' tribute to D-Day soldiers
BBC via AOL· 6 hours agoMs Hembrow said he would wear a black beret, but swapped it for a red one on Remembrance Sunday, adding he would always remember his fallen comrades. She...
North Shields Normandy veteran to pay tribute to fallen comrades
BBC News· 2 days agoA 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran who took part in the Normandy Landings is planning a journey to...
His brothers died in WWII, but French admirers keep their memory alive
Washington Post· 1 hour agoDonald Stevens couldn’t make it to Normandy this year for the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday,...
D-Day diaries show reality of invasion hidden from family
BBC News· 1 hour agoSydney Bennett was your archetypal practical bloke next door. A builder, electrician, mechanic…...
