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Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
The News-Times· 7 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· 21 hours agoAs Lee Hockstader notes, the occasion could give Macron the opportunity to announce a risky new...
Deseret News archives: Evacuation at Dunkirk a pivotal moment in history
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIn 1940, as casualties mounted across Europe, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops...
In the Former Eastern Bloc, They’re Terrified of a Trump Presidency
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 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’
Grand Island Independent· 7 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· 5 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 Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFamously reenacted by Tom Hanks and his fellow on-screen Rangers in 1998’s World War II epic “Saving...