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Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-day, 80 years later
Los Angeles Times· 4 hours ago“I’m living on borrowed time now,” Bob Gibson, 100, enthusiastically said when arriving at the Deauville airport in Normandy. Gibson, who now lives in Hampton ...
US veterans get heroes' welcome in France ahead of D-Day anniversary
Colorado Springs Gazette· 2 days agoAll of these people who are out there on their crosses and unmarked graves are the true heroes. In...
‘Don’t you think we didn’t pray’: D-Day veteran relives harrowing invasion
WJHL· 6 days agoBob Gibson is one of the World War II veterans who returned home after fighting on the beaches of...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
San Francisco Chronicle· 11 hours agoUnder their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts, timeline of invasion that changed course of World War II
The Express-Times· 3 hours agoEighty years ago Thursday, the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was...
French children hail D-Day veterans as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary events
WATE 6 Knoxville· 2 days agoDEAUVILLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — ‘’To our forever heroes: Thank you” — those words inscribed by...