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Honored Vietnam veteran escorts D-Day veterans to Normandy for 80th anniversary
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoA group of D-Day veterans is being escorted back to Normandy by a war veteran who knows a thing or...
New FDNY medal will honor department ‘legend’ Tom Neary
New York Daily News· 1 day agoAn FDNY “legend” who received the department’s highest honor twice in a stellar career filled with...
Clarence Sasser, 76, Vietnam Medic Honored for Life-Saving Valor, Dies
New York Times· 5 days agoThe Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced the death in a statement, which did not provide...
D-Day anniversary shines spotlight on ‘Rosies’ who built WWII weapons
Military Times via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThirty-eight of the women were killed in wartime service. Long considered civilians, not members of...
Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center adds Birdwell to wall of honor
Amarillo Globe-News· 4 days agoThe Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center honored Medal of Honor awardee Dwight Wayne Birdwell Sunday...
Ken Bridges: The story of Texas flying ace Neel Kearby
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoOne of the most noted fighter pilots during the war was Texas flying ace Neel Kearby. In his short life, he become one of the most decorated pilots in the ...
Opinion | We Are Starting to Enjoy Hatred
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoNoonan was a special assistant and speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan. In 2010 she was given the Award for Media Excellence by the living...
The Forgotten Hero of D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWaverly Woodson treated men for 30 hours on Omaha Beach. But his heroic record that day became a casualty of entrenched racism, wartime bureaucracy and Pentagon record-keeping.
As the world remembers D-Day, Western New York remembers the heroes of World War II
The Buffalo News· 4 hours agoIgnatius Maternowski, a St. Francis High School graduate serving as a paratrooper chaplain, saw...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry's heroism helped bring victory on D-Day:...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 15 hours agoAmong the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944 -- 80 years ago...