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Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
Houston Chronicle· 2 days ago-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in...
North Shields Normandy veteran to pay tribute to fallen comrades
BBC News· 2 days agoA 99-year-old Royal Navy veteran who took part in the Normandy Landings is planning a journey to...
Gaspee Days 2024: Rhode Islanders celebrate the burning of the HMS Gaspee. Here's how.
The Providence Journal· 4 days agoMore than 250 years ago, Rhode Island colonists had a grudge against the HMS Gaspee and the Royal ...
King pays tribute to courage of veterans to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 8 hours agoI’m very lucky.” About the ceremony...
School refuses to allow nine-year-old attending D-Day event to honour his late grandfather
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe father of a nine-year-old boy said his blood “boiled” when his son’s school refused to authorise...
Police chief saw death in Falklands - book said
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoA misconduct panel was on Thursday told about a book which featured claims that Mr Adderley had a 10-year career with the Royal Navy, served...
Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
Stamford Advocate· 2 days agoLes Underwood, 98, a Royal Navy gunner on a merchant ship that was delivering ammunition to the...
D-Day heroes in tears as they set sail for France for 80th anniversary
Daily Express· 1 day agoDozens were on board Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel on Tuesday morning, many in good spirits,...
‘Age has caught up with me’, says D-Day veteran unable to go to Normandy
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoAnother Royal Navy Veteran, Able Seaman Lewis Curl, also 98, who died just a few weeks before the...
D-Day shipwrecks were a WW2 time capsule – now they are home to rich ocean-floor life
BBC News· 9 hours agoAmong the 80-year-old sunken D-Day wrecks that line our coasts, burgeoning wildlife is thriving on...