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Reporter's notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage
WSB Radio· 6 hours agoNot far away, along the same trajectory, lies the Pentagon, where the question of how to honor...
Medic awarded Distinguished Service Cross 80 years after saving lives on D-Day
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoUnfortunately, Woodson passed away on August 12, 2005, before his own government properly recognized...
D-Day at 80: Honoring the WWII heroes of the Normandy Invasion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 2 days agoThe events began Saturday and will continue...June 16 along the Normandy coastline including the...
Four women are buried among several thousand men at the US’s D-Day cemetery. These are their...
Stars and Stripes· 12 hours agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Among the roughly 9,400 graves at Normandy American Cemetery are those...
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
The Buffalo News· 2 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves...
Nebraska family of fallen WWII pilot seeks possible remains from flood-damaged Alaska cemetery
Grand Island Independent· 7 days agoOn Memorial Day, a flag adorned the grave of a soldier killed in World War II who lies in Section...
The Forgotten Hero of D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWaverly Woodson treated men for 30 hours on Omaha Beach. But his heroic record that day became a casualty of entrenched racism, wartime bureaucracy and Pentagon record-keeping.
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
KFDX Wichita Falls· 8 hours agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada...
Morgan State marching band heads to France to commemorate D-Day in first overseas performance
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoOn June 7, the marching band, known as the Magnificent Marching Machine, will perform and march in...
D-Day: 80th anniversary ceremonies kick off with parachute jump over Normandy
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 1 day agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — A week of D-Day ceremonies kicked off Sunday over the skies of...