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Wren, 103, given Legion d'honneur by France's Emmanuel Macron
BBC News· 7 hours agoA British naval officer who helped draw up maps for the D-Day invasion has been awarded the Legion d...
Macron presents Légion d’honneur to 104-year-old Wren officer who plotted D-Day landings
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoPresenting 104-year-old British D-Day veteran with the Légion d’honneur, President Emmanuel Macron...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Veterans fight back tears in Auld Lang Syne singalong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIt was only after the 15 D-Day veterans had made it safely on to a square overlooking the shores of...
Biden links WW2 and Ukraine war in D-Day address
BBC via Yahoo News· 20 minutes agoOver 150,000 US, British, Canadian and French troops landed on the five beaches on 6 June 1944. Several of the men, identified by baseball caps showing...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Biden calls D-Day beginning of 'crusade' to free Europe
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoCalling D-Day a "crusade" to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany, President Joe Biden told...
D-Day: 80th anniversary marked around Yorkshire
BBC via AOL· 7 hours agoD-Day veteran Joe Thomas, who was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 2017, was among attendees at the York ceremony [BBC] D-Day was the ...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion, Biden and Macron honor WWII veterans at Normandy
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWASHINGTON — “They were brave, they were resolute, they were ready,” President Joe Biden said...
80th Anniversary Of D-Day: Vets Awarded With Highest Honor
Taste of Country· 3 hours agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron honored 11 Americans with the French Légion d'honneur, the highest...
A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France's highest honor
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 hours agoVER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny,...
King and world leaders attend emotional D-Day events
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago"That faith in freedom which you have never lost, that constant selflessness and devotion both guide us and serve as a duty to us." Mr Macron awarded ...