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Columbia ceremony to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day landings
Gannett via AOL· 1 hour agoEighty years ago roughly 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6,...
How the AP covered D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in battle for Normandy
Dallas Morning News· 15 hours agoWhen Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England...
Eighty years ago, Allied troops’ D-Day bravery, determination and sacrifice saved Europe, and set...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 43 minutes agoThe rows of white crosses at the World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha ...
The D-Day Battle France Chose to Forget. Until Now.
New York Times· 1 hour agoIt’s a wound of tragic heroism that few in France know about, let alone commemorate. President Emmanuel Macron of France hopes to change that on...
D-Day veterans gather at Normandy invasion planning headquarters
BBC News· 2 days agoD-Day veterans have spoken of their "sad memories" as they gathered at the headquarters where the...
Remembering the 23 servicemen from Mississippi who died on the beaches of Normandy
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 31 minutes agoOver 160,000 Allied soldiers landed in northern France on June 6, 1944, with the intent of securing...
D-Day: 80th anniversary ceremonies kick off with parachute jump over Normandy
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — A week of D-Day ceremonies kicked off Sunday over the skies of ...
D-Day troops tribute traced into Tregirls Beach near Padstow
BBC News· 1 day agoA tribute to the troops that carried out the D-Day landings has been etched into the sands of a...
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-day, 80 years later
Los Angeles Times· 30 minutes ago“I’m living on borrowed time now,” Bob Gibson, 100, enthusiastically said when arriving at the Deauville airport in Normandy. Gibson, who now lives in Hampton, N.J., was drafted ...
Family of Stoke-on-Trent D-Day veteran travel to Sword Beach
BBC News· 5 hours agoAnn Ansell from Werrington in Staffordshire said: "It's very emotional to think that my dad was...