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D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 5 days agoD-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and possibly the last due to smaller...
The Battle of Henry Johnson, Albany war hero
Albany Times Union· 6 days agoJune 5 is Henry Johnson Day in Albany. Nominations for the city’s annual Henry Johnson Award are open for 2024. The popular story of Henry Johnson,...
USS Nevada has key role in liberating France, toppling Nazis
Elko Daily Free Press· 6 days agoOn a cloudy, windy early morning 80 years ago, the largest amphibious invasion in military history...
Infantry: Old School Still Kills
Strategy Page· 5 days agoSeptember 6, 2018: In June 2018 a British SAS (Special Air Service) commando sniper used a 12.7mm (.50 caliber) machine-gun in single-shot mode to kill an ISIL (Islamic State
5 myths about the American flag
KSL Salt Lake City· 3 days agoThis story is sponsored by Colonial Flag. Whether it's called "grand," "the Stars and Stripes" or "Old Glory," the American flag has always been an...
Ohio D-Day veterans recall the invasion that changed the world 80 years later
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHis service in the U.S. Army included landing in Normandy on D-Day Plus...right through me. That's...
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
AOL· 4 days agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious landing craft used by the U.S. and Allies to fight and win World War II.
Photos: 80th anniversary of D-Day is remembered in Normandy
San Jose Mercury News· 2 days agoAs young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the Nazis. Now bent with...
D-Day at 80: A pivotal day for the Allies
Nevada Appeal· 7 days agoThe invasion, informally referred to as Operation Liberation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was immense with 56,115 U.S., British and Canadian...
Air Weapons: Multipurpose Coyote UAV
Strategy Page· 4 days agoThe 5.9 kg Coyote was designed for use by patrol aircraft and helicopters as it can be launched from heights of up to 9,100 meters from the sealed tube it is stored and shipped ...
