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Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 hours agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada...
Opinion | 80 years later, a World War II gunner remembers
Washington Post· 15 hours agoAs Lee Hockstader notes, the occasion could give Macron the opportunity to announce a risky new...
In the Former Eastern Bloc, They’re Terrified of a Trump Presidency
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoFor Americans, authoritarian rule is theoretical. But in EasternEurope, reminders of it are...
At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’
Roanoke Times· 2 hours agoAndrew “Andy” Negra Jr. of Helen, Georgia, is one of a dwindling number of veterans who took part in...
Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed
Associated Press· 4 days agoFor British women who came of age during World War II, the answer to that question is often: quite a...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
The Lewiston Sun Journal· 2 days agoAmong the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the hostile beaches of Normandy on D-Day,...
‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIn the first wave to hit the beach, troops were met by withering German gunfire. But they kept...
Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoThe maps “showed railways, roads, churches, castles, every possible feature that could be visible to...
80 years later, sacrifices and legacy of D-Day endure
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 1—WATERTOWN — Eighty years ago, the focus of Americans turned to the shores of France, where on June 6, vast allied armadas launched an invasion to begin the liberation of Europe ...