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I visited Cap Ferret, France, and spotted 12 signs of wealth and luxury that reminded me of the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe author visited Cap Ferret in France for the first time.Dan Koday Cap Ferret is an luxurious...
Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoU.S. Army Rangers prepare to depart England for the D-Day invasion. Photo12/UIG/Getty Images Among...
What did the papers say about D-Day?
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCommunique No. 1 set the world agog. On 6 June 1944, hours after the Normandy landings had begun, a late edition of the Belfast Telegraph declared it was...
Portsmouth chosen to mark D-Day because of its key role in preparing invasion
Press Association News via AOL· 2 weeks agoPortsmouth played a key role in the planning and preparation of the D-Day landings, which is...
A personal account of a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day
Military Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoLt. Col. Gerhard L. Bolland was a proud Norwegian American from the farming town of Madison,...
Louisiana honors its fallen: Remembrance of D-Day sacrifices
WGNO via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAs the echoes of D-Day fade, Louisiana bore deep scars of loss etched within its communities....
‘D-Day: Freedom From Above’ Review: Soldiers’ Airborne Stories
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoAn exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Army commemorates the 80th anniversary of the decisive...
Somerset man finds dad's WWII tour of duty map. Now he and his daughter plan to retrace his steps.
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“I've always wanted to go because I love history,” Peter Holt said from his Somerset home. “But the...
I found my grandad’s D-Day diary and went to Normandy to retrace his steps
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoDiary entry, June 6 1944: “Land (invasion) 07.30hrs, done little in morning, afternoon with...
Midwest City history remembered in new book by native Oklahoman who grew up there
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 3 weeks ago"Tinkertown: A Wheatfield, an Airbase, and Us: The Story of Midwest City & Tinker AFB" by Jim Willis...