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WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoRobert “Al” Persichitti, who served as a radioman in the Navy and witnessed the raising of the U.S....
King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoVER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — King Charles III came to northern France on Thursday to honor the 22,442...
Naval Air Station Pensacola commemorates Battle of Midway on 82nd anniversary
WKRG via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoPENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A ceremony at the Naval Air Station Pensacola was held Friday morning to...
'Die Hard 2' and 'The Waltons' star, Tom Bower, dead at 86
Fox News· 1 day agoTom Bower has died at the age of 86. The actor was known for his roles in "The Waltons" and "Die...
Opinion | Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s
New York Times· 2 days agoMr. McConnell is the Senate minority leader. On this day in 1944, the liberation of Western Europe...
McConnell takes aim at 'isolationist' colleagues in scathing D-Day essay
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSen. Mitch McConnell tied World War II-era isolationism to current day global tensions in a warning...
80 years after D-Day, the number of WWII veterans is dwindling
Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 4—ROCHESTER — Names have power. In the case of Jerry Williams of Rochester, his name powerfully has tied him to his uncle, another Jerry Williams who, on June 6, 1944 ...
To mark D-Day, Biden will deliver a defense of democracy that hits on campaign themes
NPR· 3 days agoHe started with the image of President Franklin Roosevelt in early 1941, months before the attack on Pearl ...
How Property Billionaire Harry Triguboff Left His Rivals In The Shade
Forbes· 4 days ago“And my face grew like that,” says Triguboff, motioning a ballooning head with his hands. The next...
‘It’s personal’: The Virginia town of Bedford still remembers 20 men lost on D-Day
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoLiz Beverly often heard stories about how her grandfather would stand on the town’s courthouse steps...