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Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 7 days agoThe nine men, who travelled from across the UK, posed for a group photograph, joked and recalled...
WWII veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Five years ago, Onofrio “No-No”...
D-Day hero Albert says he 'never felt so sick' when told of invasion
Daily Express· 14 hours agoBergen-Belsen, initially a prisoner of war camp, was used to intern Jews from 1943 onwards. Richard Dimbleby was the first broadcaster to enter the camp and, in footage that has now become some ...
WW II veteran awarded Hall of Honor during ceremony at Stillwater History Museum
Stillwater NewsPress, Okla. via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoMay 2—When Ben Miller's wooden, flimsy paraglider landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944, his nerves were on edge. It was D-Day, and Miller ...
80th anniversary of deadly D-Day rehearsal marked
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSlapton Sands was used for various D-Day rehearsals because of its geographical similarities to Utah Beach in Normandy [Getty Images] ...
RAF Typhoon has D-Day anniversary makeover
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Typhoon jet is seen mid-air for the first time since its new paint job - Alex ROEBUCK An RAF aircraft has taken to the skies with a new coat of paint...
9 area men were killed in rarely discussed Exercise Tiger drill for D-Day invasion
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 5 days agoFor quite a long time, most Americans did not know the truth of what happened April 27 and 28, 1944,...
Late Four-Star General from Polk County led soldiers on D-Day during World War II: ‘Go to the beach’
FOX 13 Tampa Bay· 2 days agoBARTOW, Fla. - Next month marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied troop landing at Normandy during...
D-Day TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ was 15 when he enlisted
WJHL· 4 days agoWorld War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name...
Opinion: I’ve seen too many young journalists pay the ultimate price. It’s them I’ll be thinking of...
CNN.com· 4 hours agoIt is a short distance inland from Omaha Beach, a long, sandy strip that stretches as far as the eye...