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D-Day veteran plans to remember friends in Normandy
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoNorman Bartlett, from Blackwater in Hampshire, joined the Royal Navy in 1942 when he was 16-years-old. He served in the Pacific where he witnessed the...
D-Day: Veterans 'thought nothing bad would happen to us'
BBC News· 6 hours agoAble Seaman Don Jones had always wanted to join the Royal Navy and leapt at the chance when he was...
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 hours agoWorld War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: 'We were making history'
Reuters· 3 days agoRoyal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off across the English Channel 80 years ago on the eve of D-Day, a momentous ...
Kate would have ‘loved’ to have been at D-Day commemorations, William says
Press Association News via AOL· 10 hours agoPictures showed the King appear to wipe a tear from his eye, and the Queen appeared emotional...
Centenarian veterans share memories of D-Day, 80 years later - Times Leader
Times Leader· 4 hours agoWorld War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark...
Veteran recalls being thrown from ship in explosion weeks after D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days agoA Royal Navy veteran has recalled being thrown from his ship after an explosion that killed 31...
Gaspee Days 2024: Rhode Islanders celebrate the burning of the HMS Gaspee. Here's how.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWARWICK – More than 250 years ago, Rhode Island colonists had a grudge against the HMS Gaspee and...
I won’t let Titanic shipyard sink, vows Harland & Wolff chief
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 10 hours agoHarland & Wolff has a £1.6bn contract to build three massive fleet solid support (FSS) warships for...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: 'We were making history'
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLONDON (Reuters) -Royal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off...