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The oldest man at D-Day earned the Medal of Honor
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoSoldiers knew long before the day that naval artillery would be screaming past them as they waded through 45-degree water toward machine gun nests while...
The officer who stormed Normandy with nothing but a cane and pistol
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoOne NCO recalled seeing Roosevelt on the beach 'with a cane in one hand, a map in the other, walking...
Learn the history of the teddy bear at County Line Historical Society presentation
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoMarket St. Parking is available across North Market Street from the church. The teddy bear was invented in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. It began ...
Medora Musical sets a new path forward
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 7 hours agoTwo North Dakotans are part of that change and are performing in the musical for the first time this year, Burning Hills singer Karter Dolan of Bismarck...
EDITORIAL: Few D-Day veterans remain, but their memory is immortal
The Herald, Sharon, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 5—D-DAY was a suicide mission for Brig. Gen. Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Jr. — son and namesake of the 26th president. Roosevelt, carrying ...
55 Inspiring Quotes To Remember the Battle of Normandy on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
Parade via AOL· 17 hours ago“We’ll start the war from right here!” — Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., assistant...
The first American on the beach at D-Day served through the Vietnam War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe young infantry officer, then a captain, took ill in the weeks before the D-Day landings. It was...
‘A face and a personal story’: American cemetery in France honors sacrifice of D-Day soldiers
KTVX via Yahoo News· 1 day ago(credit: KTVX) Among the names on the crosses is Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the eldest son...
A walk in the park: Work to restore historic amphitheater in Olcott is finished
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOLCOTT — Reconstruction of the historic amphitheater in Krull Park has been completed. The amphitheater, which was once utilized for a speech by New York Governor Theodore ...
4 American heroes on D-Day
Fox News via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoRoosevelt, the oldest son of former President Theodore Roosevelt, had petitioned repeatedly to be among the first U.S. troops to land ...
