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Bells toll in Bedford to close ceremonies marking 80th anniversary of D-Day
Roanoke Times· 1 day agoFrom the courthouse here to churches worldwide, bells tolled on Thursday evening for soldiers who fell during D-Day 80 years ago. The rural town of Bedford lost 20 men during the beachfront ...
King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom
San Antonio Express-News· 1 day agoIII came to northern France on Thursday to honor the 22,442 British troops who died in the Battle of...
Rishi Sunak urged to give £5m from Tory donor at centre of racism row to veterans’ charity after D...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoCall from the Liberal Democrats comes after Frank Hester allegedly told colleagues that looking at...
D-Day stories from Cambridge American Cemetery
BBC News· 2 days agoOn D-Day, 6 June 1944, thousands of American service personnel perished on the beaches of Normandy, and most are buried or remembered at the Normandy...
This Day in History: Fact-Checking D-Day Rumors on Its 80th Anniversary
Snopes· 2 days agoThe invasion of Normandy is credited for changing the tides of World War II. For years, Snopes has...
Remembering the 'Boys of Pointe du Hoc,' Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice for Freedom
The New York Sun· 1 day agoAs we commemorate and memorialize the 80th anniversary of Operation Neptune on the beaches of...
Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France
The News-Times· 2 days agoAs tens of thousands of soldiers stormed French beaches during the D-Day landings of World War II,...
Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France
Seattle Times· 2 days agoAs tens of thousands of soldiers stormed French beaches during the D-Day landings of World War II,...
In Normandy, a Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave will receive a proper burial 80...
JTA· 2 days agoNathan Baskind was killed in action shortly after D-Day. A year-long investigation found his remains...
The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden's D-Day anniversary speech
NPR· 19 hours ago“The Pointe du Hoc Memorial itself with the English Channel in the background and the Normandy cliffs to the east and west provided the...that day, whom he referred to as ...