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The first American on the beach at D-Day served through the Vietnam War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoSchroeder was out of the hospital and boarding the USS Barnett with his troops. U.S. First Division...
San Diego D-Day veteran reflects on 80th anniversary of arriving in Normandy
Channel 8 San Diego· 9 hours agoOn June 6, the world remembers one of the deadliest invasions during World War II. It has been 80...
D-Day was 80 years ago. Tennessee football stopped for a war. Four players never returned.
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoAssistant John Barnhill assumed head-coaching duties 1941-45. The 1942 season was played as usual –...
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Reveal Event - When It's Happening, How To Watch, What To Expect
GameSpot· 2 days agoFollowing Summer Game Fest comes the big Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 reveal event on June 9. The event...
Voices of Veterans: Sgt. Robert “Bob” Bearden Shares His Story of Service During WWII and D-Day
The Gilmer Mirror· 2 days agoBearden said he’ll never forget where he was the day Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941....
When democracy was on the line 80 years ago, Americans put their lives on the line
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoWhen I retired in 2022, I followed the retired Baby Boomer handbook and started researching my...
D-Day news rang out across Delaware as the bells tolled
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAt 7:45 a. m., the bell of All Saints’ Episcopal Church at Rehoboth Beach rang to announce the first...
The story of an Ohio Valley veteran who gave everything on D-Day
WTRF Wheeling· 11 hours agoMARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) — Eighty years ago, thousands of fearless men braved mines and machine...
Remembering Cullman County heroes on 80th anniversary of D-Day
Cullman Times· 1 day agoJune 6, 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, which was...
How a World War II Escape Map Found a Second Use as a Ladies Garment
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoWhen Ted Maxwell was a young boy in the 1950s, he remembers his mother, Bernice Allen Maxwell, wearing a distinctive blouse. Made from richly printed silk, the blouse resembled a map of Europe—one ...