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100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 2 hours agoBritish army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore...
D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider dies aged 100
Press Association News via AOL· 15 hours agoA “one in a million” D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider and survived being...
‘The heroes are all buried over there:’ WWII veteran on D-Day invasion
FOX 23 News Albany· 12 hours agoIt’s been almost 80 years since U.S. troops took part in the largest invasion in U.S. history. There...
The real star of the Paris Olympics: the Seine
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 1 hour agoThe Seine will play a starring role in this summer's Paris Olympics, with the opening ceremony set to take place on the river, which will also host...
D-Day 80: Normandy veteran, 103, 'determined' to make event
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDon Sheppard will be 104 years old when the D-Day 80 commemorations take place. [Stuart...
D-Day hero Harry Howarth dies at 103 just weeks before anniversary of landing
Daily Express· 3 days agoNearly 25,000 men stormed Gold beach on D-Day with the objective of capturing the town of Bayeux and...
D-Day weather maps belonging to Bath meteorologist up for auction
BBC via AOL· 4 days agoThe hand-sketched charts show predicted air pressure levels over the North Atlantic and Europe from...
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Washington Times-Herald· 28 minutes agoAuthorities in Australia say dozens of pilot whales have beached on the country's western coast and wildlife authorities are trying to save them. The Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service ...
A group of WWII-era scientists used themselves as guinea pigs to learn to breathe underwater. Their...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe scientists conducted over 600 experiments on themselves, breathing CO2, oxygen, and more gases....
Typhoon repainted to mark 80 years since D-Day
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe RAF's display Typhoon has been repainted with a mid-war day fighter scheme [BBC] The RAF's display Typhoon has been repainted to mark 80 years since...
