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D-Day TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ was 15 when he enlisted
WJHL· 15 hours agoWorld War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name...
The D-Day miracle that you’ve never heard of
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 16 hours 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...
D-Day 80th Anniversary: Your Guide To Commemorative Events In Normandy
Forbes· 4 days agoThe festival for the 80th anniversary of D-Day will take place from Pegasus Bridge to...
France prepares for D-Day’s 80th anniversary this year
WFLA· 20 hours agoA ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present.
100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoBritish army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore...
80th anniversary of deadly D-Day rehearsal marked
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPoppy petals were dropped from a Wasp helicopter as part of the event [PA Media] A service to mark the 80th anniversary of a D-Day rehearsal exercise...
WWII veteran to marry fiancée in France 80 years after D-Day
WFLA· 19 hours agoHarold Terens and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as...
GOP frets 'daredevil' D-Day parachute jump by members puts House majority at risk: report
The Raw Story· 15 hours agoA group of adrenaline junkies in the Republican conference are making their colleagues nervous,...
Service in Devon remembers D-Day rehearsal tragedy
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 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...
Town where key D-Day decision made not lighting beacon
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe beacon on Dunstable Downs, has stood for decades and is lit to commemorate certain events [Getty...