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WWII Veteran gets award 80 years after liberating France from the Nazis
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBAYSIDE, QUEENS (PIX11) — For a 101–year–old Bayside Queens resident, it was the honor of a...
WWII veteran, 100, marries sweetheart, 96, in France after D-Day events
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIt might have been the longest wait but on Saturday 100-year-old American World War II veteran...
He faced the horrors of WWII. Now this veteran is receiving France's highest honor
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoErnest Marvel has a case full of medals in his Frankford home. He was awarded his most recent...
She was 14 when a U.S. pilot was shot down near her home in France. 80 years later, she’s keeping...
NBC Universal via AOL· 3 weeks agoSAINT-ELLIER-LES-BOIS, France — It’s almost 80-years on, but Marie Bastien said the memory of the...
These watches have actual pieces of D-Day history in them
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoJune 6, 1944 is one of the most significant dates in modern history. Whether it’s referred to as...
Ukraine's military is shifting to a defensive strategy that failed Nazi Germany in WWII
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoUkrainian soldier of the 28th Mechanized Brigade fires with Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle on Russian...
Florida WWII veterans return to Normandy for D-Day 80th anniversary: What to know
Gannett via AOL· 2 weeks agoIt's been a lifetime, literally, since the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France in 1944....
‘A face and a personal story’: American cemetery in France honors sacrifice of D-Day soldiers
KTVX via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoABC4’s Brien McElhatten will be reporting live during our 10 p.m. newscast from Normandy, France,...
On D-Day, 19-year-old medic Charles Shay was ready to give his life, and save as many as he could
Associated Press via AOL· 2 months agoBRETTEVILLE-L'ORGUEILLEUSE, France (AP) — On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion, Biden and Macron honor WWII veterans at Normandy
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWASHINGTON — “They were brave, they were resolute, they were ready,” President Joe Biden said...