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80 years after D-Day, the number of WWII veterans is dwindling
Post-Bulletin· 12 hours agoWith Thursday being the 80th anniversary of D-Day — and participants in the invasion likely being 18 years old or older at the time — ...
Taps and tears: WWII veterans visit D-Day’s bloodiest beach
Stars and Stripes· 23 hours agoSid Edson was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for his role aboard a B-24 bomber on D-Day. “I...
BUT FOR MRS. SWEENEY, D-DAY MIGHT HAVE STOOD FOR 'DISASTER'
Morning Times· 4 days agoNow, as we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi control, let us praise an obscure woman.
RAF pilot who was afraid of heights recalls D-Day
BBC News· 1 day agoA 104-year-old RAF veteran who admits he was afraid of heights has recalled his part in the D-Day landings. Harry Garthwaite, from Birmingham, flew...
What Ike Remembered When Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 20 Years After D-Day
Military.com via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIn the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division tried to...
Dorothea Barron watched over men who tested portable harbors forD-Day | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 days agoDorothea Barron got a preview of the D-Day invasion from a watchtower on the coast of Scotland....
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and their fallen friends
WBNS-10TV Columbus· 15 hours agoAs decades pass, D-Day anniversaries in Normandy have become increasingly fun-fair like, clogging...
Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day landings
Crossroads Today· 9 hours agoEven as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by...
Youngest British nurse to care for D-Day soldiers shared her ‘remarkable’ story
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days ago“I don’t know how many people we helped but when I had a half a minute to stand up straight I looked...
D-Day Fast Facts - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 2 days agoCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II.