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D-Day at Omaha Beach taught Carl Felton, now 98, that life and democracy are fragile
Chambersburg Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHundreds of people young and old cheer and cry before Carl Felton when he is in France. He is not a...
D-Day's last living links recount brutal, and inspiring, memories on Normandy’s beaches
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBÉNOUVILLE, France — The anniversary of D-Day is celebrated annually with solemn ceremonies and...
D-Day beach cafe ‘hates the English and refused to serve British soldiers’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Second World War tour guide has criticised a cafe overlooking Normandy’s Omaha beach, claiming it...
D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings of 1944?
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoD-Day veterans Bernard Morgan (left), 100, and Jack Mortimer, 100, travelled to Normandy for the...
Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoON OMAHA BEACH, France — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II...
D-Day by the numbers: Here's what it took 79 years ago to pull off the biggest amphibious invasion...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUS Troops wading through water after reaching Normandy and landing Omaha beach on D Day,...
99-year-old veteran remembers Normandy on D-Day
WOOD via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — June 6 is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which marks the day Allied troops invaded Nazi-occupied France. The images and...
D-Day 80th anniversary: Veterans fight back tears in Auld Lang Syne singalong
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIt was only after the 15 D-Day veterans had made it safely on to a square overlooking the shores of...
Texas family honors “D-day” veteran on 80th anniversary of Normandy invasion
KTAB Abilene via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCOLORADO CITY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC)- On June, 6th 2024, the world will commemorate 80 years since the...
‘Cacophony of war’ and ‘don’t make the same mistakes’ – D-Day veterans’ quotes
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoMajor commemorative events in Portsmouth and Normandy on Wednesday and Thursday will mark the 80th...