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WWII veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Five years ago, Onofrio “No-No”...
King Charles returns to public duties in visit to cancer treatment center
CNN via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoKing Charles III, who is being treated for an unspecified cancer, returned to public duties on...
British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades
The Florence Times-Daily· 6 days agoLONDON — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that...
New Bedford ceremony Sunday to honor servicemen killed in D-Day training attack
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoExercise Tiger was a D-Day dry run that was ambushed by a German E-boat flotilla in the English Channel and resulted in America’s deadliest training incident ...
France prepares for D-Day’s 80th anniversary this year
WFLA· 2 days agoA ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present.
Key Battleship Texas items part of global D-Day celebrations
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoAs preparations ramp up for the official 80th anniversary of D-Day in a few weeks, the Texas will...
GOP frets 'daredevil' D-Day parachute jump by members puts House majority at risk: report
The Raw Story· 2 days agoA group of adrenaline junkies in the Republican conference are making their colleagues nervous,...
100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
Dayton Daily News· 7 days agoLONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet...
9 area men were killed in rarely discussed Exercise Tiger drill for D-Day invasion
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApr. 28—Les Mlakar knew his uncle Albert was killed during World War II. But when his other uncles discussed it — which was rare, if ever — they only did so in Slovenian. For quite a long time ...
Pensioner donates rare D-Day World War 2 £10K antique thinking it's a scarecrow
Daily Express· 6 days ago"He said he saw tanks in ditches on the side of the road and barns full of war stuff which he loved,...