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King gives 100th birthday card to D-Day veteran
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMr Miller was 20 years old when he took part in the landing on Juno Beach in 1944 [Getty Images] A D-Day veteran has been given a 100th birthday card in...
'The Saints were with us': B.C. veteran recalls D-Day experience
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoJune 6, 1944. Richard Norris, a bright-eyed 17-year-old fisherman reservist from Quadra Island,...
D-Day: How meteorologists helped win the war
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: This story was originally published in June 2014, and has been updated. These days, if you bungle a forecast in June, you have to cancel a...
After more than 50 years, Sask. WW II vet gets permanent headstone to replace wooden cross
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAlmost 80 years ago, Denis Denniel was among the thousands of Canadian soldiers who stormed Juno...
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,...
Hour by hour: A brief timeline of the Allies' June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoOMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A brief timeline of events on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Shortly after...
D-Day veterans encouraged to register for 80th anniversary commemorations
Press Association News via AOL· 8 months agoBritish D-Day veterans are being encouraged to register for “major commemorations” in Normandy next...
Prince of Wales thanks Canadian D-Day troops for their service
Press Association News via AOL· 2 weeks agoThe Prince of Wales stood on the beach where waves of Canadian D-Day troops broke enemy defences and...
King Charles Makes First Overseas Trip Since Cancer Diagnosis for D-Day 80th Anniversary in France
People via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe British monarch traveled abroad with Queen Camilla a month after resuming forward-facing duties...
Six Canadian battles shaped by weather and climate
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn Saturday, November 11, Canadians will observe Remembrance Day, 105 years after the armistice that ended the First World War. That conflict took a...
