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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
Chicago Tribune· 2 days ago-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships,...
The Latest | D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 1 day agoWorld War II veterans are joining heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to...
Meet the American who 'won the war for us': Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoAndrew Jackson Higgins, native of Nebraska, designed and built in New Orleans the famous amphibious...
‘What they left behind’: Ernie Pyle recalls the carnage of Omaha Beach
Military Times via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoIt’s easy to take the World War II Allied victory on D-Day for granted somewhat — the concept of an...
On 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion, Biden and Macron honor WWII veterans at Normandy
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoBiden and dozens of U.S. lawmakers traveled to Normandy to […] The post On 80th anniversary of D-Day...
80 years ago: Fairfield County represented on D-Day and beyond in World War II
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"That was an encouraging scene." On the seventh day of advancing, the unit attacked a heavily...
Commemoration of 80th D-Day anniversary exhibit opens at Grout Museum
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 1 day agoToday marks the 80th anniversary of the largest maritime invasion in history. On June 6, 1944,...
Tom Hanks D-Day warning: "don't let that happen again"
Newsweek· 22 hours agoThe star reunited with Spielberg, alongside several world leaders of Allied nations, in France for...
At 102, a WWII veteran died on his way to Normandy to commemorate D-Day
Washington Post· 11 hours agoNearly 80 years after Bob Persichitti watched the flag raised atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, the 102-year-old Navy veteran was headed to Normandy to commemorate ...