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Town where key D-Day decision made not lighting beacon
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe beacon on Dunstable Downs, has stood for decades and is lit to commemorate certain events [Getty...
D-Day veterans recall looking forward to cups of tea and bailing out of tanks
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days agoD-Day veterans have told children how they were “looking forward to cups of tea” after landing in...
Service in Devon remembers D-Day rehearsal tragedy
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe vessels were heading from Lyme Bay to Slapton Sands when they were attacked during Exercise Tiger [BBC] A service has taken place to commemorate the...
Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days agoA group of Second World War veterans have come together to share a “bit of living history” ahead of...
100-year-old D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
WAPT Jackson· 7 days agoBritish army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore...
D-Day TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ was 15 when he enlisted
WJHL· 3 days agoWorld War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name...
RAF Typhoon has D-Day anniversary makeover
Daily Telegraph· 17 hours agoThe modern Typhoon’s makeover includes features such as the “day fighter” colour scheme from the period and the RAF’s Tactical Recognition Flash symbol....
Inside incredible case of D-Day hero whose death sentence was overturned
Daily Express· 7 days agoJust three weeks later, Henry was found guilty by a US military court and sentenced to death. This...
The D-Day miracle that you’ve never heard of
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGeneral George Patton was always a man in a hurry. As a cavalryman who wore breeches long after horses were no longer on the front line, he wanted his...
Las Vegas veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 5 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Again. Five years ago, Onofrio...
