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This monument flew from Lebanon, Ohio to Normandy, France to memorialize D-Day sacrifices
WCPO Cincinnati· 1 day agoWhile waves crashed against the sands of the beaches along Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, young men were hard at work dismantling and destroying a wide array of barricades ...
Staged beach battles June 22 to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
ABC57· 8 hours agoNext month will mark the 80th anniversary of Project Neptune, the allied attack on the beaches of ...
107-year-old man believed to be oldest surviving WWII merchant marine plans to attend D-Day ceremony
WBKO Bowling Green· 6 days agoA Wisconsin man is about to take part in a once-in-a lifetime ceremony. Believed to be the oldest...
A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
The Conversation· 5 days agoWithin the military collections of the National Museum of American History, where I am a curator of modern military history, several artifacts collected over the decades help tell the story ...
John Tulli, a Purple Heart recipient who saw action in the invasion of Normandy, dies at age 100
Staten Island Advance· 3 days agoFelice John Tulli, a World War II veteran who saw action in the second invasion of Omaha Beach in ...
D-Day 80: What key events are happening in France and the UK?
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days ago(PA Graphics) In the evening, a candlelit vigil is to be held at the cemetery, where 4,500 graves...
Never forget the bravery of those who took part in the historic D-Day invasion
Daily Express· 4 days agoThe immense bravery displayed by tens of thousands of British and Allied servicemen on D-Day makes...
D-Day 80: Free tickets available for Portsmouth anniversary events
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAbout 6,000 tickets were released online at 10:00 BST. The combined naval, air and land assault on...
Historic USS Laffey artifacts sent to France for D-Day 80th anniversary events
ABC News 4 Charleston· 19 hours ago"We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to send a piece of the ship back to Europe as world...
Muskegon's LST 393 Museum hosting D-Day 80th anniversary commemoration
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 5 days agoOn the Muskegon Lake shoreline sits a ship that was there for the most important event of World War...