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King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoVER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — King Charles III came to northern France on Thursday to honor the 22,442...
UK’s military leaders praise ‘courage, bravery, ingenuity’ of D-Day participants
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoSpeaking at the national commemoration in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the First Sea Lord and head of the ...
Three Welsh veterans tell their D-Day stories
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAll were conscripted as teenagers, all spoke of their fear and all recall friends they fought side by side with. Able Seaman Don Jones had always wanted...
North Shields Normandy veteran to pay tribute to fallen comrades
BBC News· 4 days agoA 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran who took part in the Normandy Landings is planning a journey to...
King and Queen appear emotional as Charles pays tribute to D-Day veterans
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoPictures showed the King appear to wipe a tear from his eye during the event, and the Queen appeared...
Veteran designs pin containing D-Day beach sand
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLegion] A Shropshire veteran has helped to create a specially-made poppy pin, to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Alan Lock, from...
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh share laughs with veterans at D-Day lunch
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoThe Duke of Edinburgh listened intently as veterans shared their memories of D-Day (Jacob King/PA)...
32 Best Movies About The Navy
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWe see the army on the beach and the Royal Air Force in the air, and we also see not only the actual Royal Navy, led on the beach by Commander Bolton...
‘Age has caught up with me’, says D-Day veteran unable to go to Normandy
Daily Telegraph· 4 days agoAnother Royal Navy Veteran, Able Seaman Lewis Curl, also 98, who died just a few weeks before the...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: ‘We were making history’
WHTC 1450 Holland· 5 days agoBy Hannah Ellison LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off across the English Channel 80 years ...