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Hendersonville WWII veteran Ed Cottrell to receive French Legion of Honor medal
Times-News via Yahoo News· 14 hours ago“That’s very close to where I could have been shot down. I could have been a prisoner. Who knows...
Reporter's notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage
ABC News· 2 days agoNot far away, along the same trajectory, lies the Pentagon, where the question of how to honor...
‘D-Day: Freedom From Above’ Review: Soldiers’ Airborne Stories
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoAn exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Army commemorates the 80th anniversary of the decisive...
Black Army medic who saved 200 troops on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Task & Purpose· 3 days agoOn Monday, a U.S. senator announced that Woodson will be posthumously awarded the Distinguished...
BMI Celebrates ‘Game of Thrones’ Composer Ramin Djawadi With Icon Honor at Annual Film and TV Awards
Variety· 7 hours ago'Game of Thrones' composer Ramin Djawadi received the Icon award at the BMI Film and TV Awards,...
Black World War II medic who treated wounded soldiers on D-Day awarded posthumous Distinguished...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded...
D-Day stories from Cambridge American Cemetery
BBC News· 19 hours 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...
Catch up on the day’s stories: Lives of the ultra-rich, YOLO economy, thwarting shoplifting
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoLawmakers and the family of Army medic Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr. say he wasn’t previously honored...
Henry Johnson, Albany war hero, is honored with annual day in Arbor Hill
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 11 hours agoSergeant Henry Johnson enlisted in the Army on June 5th, 1917, a date now commemorated in Albany as Henry Johnson Day. Speaking to elementary school students in Albany, City Auditor and mayoral ...
These watches have actual pieces of D-Day history in them
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDepicted in media like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Medal of Honor, and Call of Duty, the...