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HMS Cattistock: Navy warship granted Freedom of Poole
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHe said: "In 1944 an earlier ship of the same name protected minesweepers in the days and hours...
9 area men were killed in rarely discussed Exercise Tiger drill for D-Day invasion
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 22 hours agoFor quite a long time, most Americans did not know the truth of what happened April 27 and 28, 1944,...
100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
WCSH 6 Portland· 4 days agoBritish army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore...
Town where key D-Day decision made not lighting beacon
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe beacon on Dunstable Downs, has stood for decades and is lit to commemorate certain events [Getty...
Las Vegas veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 2 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Again. Five years ago, Onofrio...
Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoA group of Second World War veterans have come together to share a “bit of living history” ahead of...
D-Day veterans recall looking forward to cups of tea and bailing out of tanks
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoD-Day veterans have told children how they were “looking forward to cups of tea” after landing in...
D-Day 80: Normandy veteran, 103, 'determined' to make event
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoDon Sheppard will be 104 years old when the D-Day 80 commemorations take place. [Stuart...
Inside incredible case of D-Day hero whose death sentence was overturned
Daily Express· 4 days agoJust three weeks later, Henry was found guilty by a US military court and sentenced to death. This...
Key Battleship Texas items part of global D-Day celebrations
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoAs preparations ramp up for the official 80th anniversary of D-Day in a few weeks, the Texas will...