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100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
KSNT Topeka· 16 hours agoLONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet...
D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider dies aged 100
Press Association News via AOL· 20 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· 17 hours agoIt’s been almost 80 years since U.S. troops took part in the largest invasion in U.S. history. There...
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...
The real star of the Paris Olympics: the Seine
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 6 hours 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 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...
A Garth Brooks tribute, a trip to Zombie Town and … Thunder in the Square! It's NXT Best!
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHosted by the English and Humanities Division. No RSVP required. Call 240-500-2221 or email...
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...
The World War Two experiments that made D-Day possible
The Week· 3 days agoA new book has revealed for the first time how their discoveries would pave the way for D-Day, the...
A group of WWII-era scientists used themselves as guinea pigs to learn to breathe underwater. Their...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe scientists conducted over 600 experiments on themselves, breathing CO2, oxygen, and more gases....