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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoThe 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion is Thursday, and with it comes commemorations on the...
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
The Bismarck Tribune· 6 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves...
D-Day: 80th anniversary ceremonies kick off with parachute jump over Normandy
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 5 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — A week of D-Day ceremonies kicked off Sunday over the skies of...
D-Day anniversary haunted by dwindling number of veterans and shadowed by Europe’s new war
Orange County Register· 2 days agoNow bent with age, the dwindling number of World War II veterans joined a new generation of leaders...
Never too late: WWII veteran, 100, to marry fiancee, 96, near Normandy beach
Sun-Sentinel· 5 days agoFrance, the place where Terens faced some of the most formative experiences of his life as he helped...
80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted course: Here's how D-Day unfolded
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoArmy; National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, Virginia; www.history.navy.mil; www.nationalarchives.gov.uk;...
Ask SAM: Why we should remember D-Day
Winston-Salem Journal· 2 days agoIt was the invasion by the Allied troops of the European continent during World War II. The invasion was the beginning of the end of ...
Surviving veterans of D-Day invasion return to Normandy for 80th anniversary
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 2 days ago“I had to keep jumping so I didn’t go under,” said Ohio Township’s Goss...Normandy on D-Day, June 6,...
Eisenhower statue unveiled at one of first villages liberated by Allied troops in France
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoResidents in the region think of the former general and U.S. president fondly for ordering the D-Day...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day, remembering 4 Lancaster County paratroopers killed [archives]
Lancaster Online· 2 days agoEighty years have passed since the D-Day invasion of the Nazi-occupied beaches of France, and it...