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A mass parachute jump starts commemorations for 80th anniversary of D-Day
FOX 13 Memphis· 3 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France - Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves...
D-Day vet Sam Meyer is one for the record books
WGNO via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThat’s the day Meyer left New Orleans to serve in World War II. “We answered the call to fight for freedom,” he told WGNO News. Meyer ...
Batavia man marks 100 years, recalls serving during World War II on historic battleship
Daily Herald· 2 days agoRobert Larson was an 18-year-old high school graduate with a horn when he joined the U.S. Navy on...
D-Day vet Sam Meyer is one for the record books
ABC 26 New Orleans· 10 hours agoIn one record book, Meyer’s father wrote the date “March 17, 1943.” That’s the day Meyer left New Orleans to serve in World War II
On D-Day, they changed the world. 80 years later, an incredible journey takes them back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHis son, Andi’s husband Larry, was accompanying him. As she watched, she recalled the way her...
D-Day vet Sam Meyer is one for the record books
ABC 26 New Orleans· 10 hours agoIn one record book, Meyer’s father wrote the date “March 17, 1943.” That’s the day Meyer left New Orleans to serve in World War II
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 3 days agoParachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy on Sunday to kick off a...
Americans bombed his town. 80 years later, he's commemorating D-Day by flying their flag.
AOL· 5 hours agoSAINT-LÔ, France — He was 6 when Allied warplanes turned his town to rubble. Yves Fauvel says the flashbacks still come regularly: The D-Day evening sky thrumming with American bombers; the ...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry's heroism helped bring victory on D-Day:...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 12 hours agoOmaha would become the most deadly of the five D-Day landing beaches, as the United States, United...
‘Sky aglow with fire and death’: Pilot’s letter describes D-Day landing
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 2 days agoI was dead — tired — my eyes ached like fire — I was played right out.” “I have seen a bit of...