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Local WWII veteran recalls details of D-Day 80 years later
WFMJ Youngstown· 4 hours agoGodfrey Anderson turns 100 years old in July and 80 years ago was a lead hand on one of the Royal ...
Princess Royal pays tribute to D-Day veterans ahead of Normandy service
Press Association News via AOL· 4 hours agoBefore the RBL’s service began, Anne chatted to Don Jones, 99, who served in the Royal Navy ferrying...
Three Welsh veterans tell their D-Day stories
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAll were conscripted as teenagers, all spoke of their fear and all recall friends they fought side by side with. Able Seaman Don Jones had always wanted...
Royal Navy veteran who survived Second World War freighter sinking dies aged 98
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoA Royal Navy veteran who survived the sinking of a freighter off France during the Second World War...
Gaspee Days 2024: Rhode Islanders celebrate the burning of the HMS Gaspee. Here's how.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWARWICK – More than 250 years ago, Rhode Island colonists had a grudge against the HMS Gaspee and...
King and Queen appear emotional as Charles pays tribute to D-Day veterans
Press Association News via AOL· 10 hours agoPictures showed the King appear to wipe a tear from his eye during the event, and the Queen appeared...
D-Day 80: Royal Navy veteran dies days before anniversary
BBC News· 3 days agoLewis Curl served in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1946 and was often deployed out of Portsmouth.
D-Day hero chokes back tears as he revisits the beach where his comrades fell
Daily Express· 8 hours agoThe Normandy warrior, 99, returned to where the gates to hell opened exactly 80 years ago today,...
‘Mixed feelings’ as D-Day veterans sail for 80th anniversary commemorations
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoDozens were on board Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel on Tuesday morning, many in good spirits,...
UK’s military leaders praise ‘courage, bravery, ingenuity’ of D-Day participants
Press Association News via AOL· 15 hours agoSpeaking at the national commemoration in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the First Sea Lord and head of the ...
