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‘Everything you read about D-Day is a load of rubbish, I was there’
Daily Telegraph· 4 hours agoA D-Day veteran has described the books written about the Normandy Landings as “rubbish”, and said...
D-Day: 80th anniversary ceremonies kick off with parachute jump over Normandy
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 12 hours agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — A week of D-Day ceremonies kicked off Sunday over the skies of...
D-Day at 80: Honoring the WWII heroes of the Normandy Invasion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 1 day agoOn June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched the largest military invasion in history, a nearly...
Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 hours agoThe British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of...
French children hail D-Day veterans as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary events
Houston Chronicle· 8 hours agoWorld War II veterans, many in their 100s, as they arrived on Monday in Normandy to commemorate the...
The Irish lighthouse that gave D-Day the green light
BBC News· 1 hour agoThere she married a lighthouse keeper, raised a family and on 4 June 1944 made a weather report that changed the course of history. For the D-Day...
‘Age has caught up with me’, says D-Day veteran unable to go to Normandy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoMr Walker is experiencing mobility issues - BELINDA JIAO A D-Day veteran says he cannot make it to...
Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 hours agoThe June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and...
D-Day 80: Lepe Beach reopens in time for anniversary
BBC News· 12 hours agoHistorical D-Day structures on the Hampshire coast are once again accessible following repair work to a storm-damaged beach. Thousands of troops left...
A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He’s finally being posthumously honored
Chicago Tribune· 3 hours agoWaverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day...