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D-Day 80: Royal Navy veteran dies days before anniversary
BBC News· 2 days agoLewis Curl served in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1946 and was often deployed out of Portsmouth.
Police chief saw death in Falklands - book said
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAn Extraordinary Sacrifice...hear from the books' authors. The hearing could end on Friday. Follow Northamptonshire news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews ...
Fleet Week ships to arrive Wednesday, offer tours, demonstrations
KATU Portland· 11 hours agoShips from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy will arrive in Portland on Wednesday...
Landing craft tanks played ‘vital role’ in success of D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 16 hours agoThe first motor landing craft was built by the Royal Navy in 1926 but it was at the insistence of...
2 iconic Chicago summer festivals are moving their dates for 2024
NBC Chicago· 6 days agoTwo iconic Chicago summer festivals won't be held on their typical dates this year due to other...
‘Cacophony of war’ and ‘don’t make the same mistakes’ – D-Day veterans’ quotes
Press Association News via AOL· 3 hours agoYou had to see it to believe it. I saw a picture of it again yesterday and it’s unbelievable. We...
School refuses to allow nine-year-old attending D-Day event to honour his late grandfather
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe father of a nine-year-old boy said his blood “boiled” when his son’s school refused to authorise...
Wallasey D-Day veteran returns to Normandy to celebrate 80 years of freedom
BBC News· 23 hours agoJohn Dennett, of Wallasey, Merseyside, was a Royal Navy anti-aircraft gunner on one of the 7,000...
Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day
Seattle Times· 5 days agoReferring to huge maps of the French coast on the wall in front of her, the young Women’s Royal...
Veterans set sail for D-Day anniversary in France
BBC via Yahoo News· 20 hours ago"I...Two-era motor gunboat 81, motor launch HMS Medusa and RAF rescue boat HSL 102. Royal Navy patrol boats HMS Trumpeter and HMS Dasher followed behind...
