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Japanese specialists detonate WWII-era bombs discovered on Okinawa island
Stars and Stripes· 7 days agoJapanese authorities recently detonated three explosive shells believed to be left over from World ...
At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 7 days agoNearly 80 years after Bob Persichitti watched Marines raise an American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, the 102-year-old Navy veteran ...
The story of a World War II Iwo Jima veteran from Eagle Rock
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 7 days agoWhat he would do, was keep the diesel engines in the LST, or Landing Ship Tank-779. The battle of...
Rochester WWII veteran Robert Persichitti dies at 102 on way to D-Day ceremony in France
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoFollowing the war, Persichitti worked as a school teacher in the ... District. Stewart said he spent...
D-Day: Through the eyes of a veteran
CBS7· 7 days agoThursday, June 6 marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day where Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy during World War ...
5 things to know for June 7: Presidential race, Hunter Biden, Extreme heat, Ukraine, Cargo ships
CNN via AOL· 6 days agoDiscovery. Read more about the storyline here. QUIZ TIME World War II veterans were honored on the...
D-Day: Beginning of the end of World War II
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 7 days agoU.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew the only way to stop the Axis powers was to drive back the Germans and retake Europe, piece ...
Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoToday in History
Chateau Vouilly: The hideaway where war correspondents chronicled the aftermath of D-Day
Stars and Stripes· 7 days ago“Somewhere” was Chateau Vouilly, a quiet hamlet surrounded by Normandy’s rolling green hills and...
D-Day remembered in France | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 6 days agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France -- President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday...
