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State & Union: Stories of area men and D-Day, 80 years ago today
Olean Times Herald· 13 hours agoEighty years ago today, LaVerne Carlson of Olean spent the morning fighting his way onto Omaha Beach...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and their fallen friends
WTSP-TV Tampa· 2 days agoVeterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
Stamford Advocate· 2 days agoUnder their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed...
Price of victory: How Allied D-Day bombs killed French civilians
The Raw Story· 3 days agoAs the World War II victors celebrate the anniversary of the June 6, 1944, landings in Normandy, historians recall that 3,000 French civilians died under ...
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoD-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and possibly the last due to smaller...
Hits and Misses
Observer-Reporter· 7 days agoOrrin Guy Miller, who died on a bombing mission over Hungary in World War II, was honored in Avella Monday. HIT: Thanks ...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts, timeline of invasion that changed course of World War II
The Express-Times· 2 days agoEighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was...
What was the role of Northern Ireland soldiers on D-Day?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn the Irish Free State, which adopted a policy of...Shortly after midnight on 6 June 1944, a small...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoVeterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy |...
The Maui News· 3 days agoVeterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last...