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D-Day 80th Anniversary: Your Guide To Commemorative Events In Normandy
Forbes· 3 days agoThe festival for the 80th anniversary of D-Day will take place from Pegasus Bridge to Sainte...all...
France prepares for D-Day’s 80th anniversary this year
WJTV Jackson· 12 minutes agoA ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present.
Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoMr Aldred, 99, who served as a tank driver and landed on Gold Beach in Normandy the day after D-Day
WWII veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoThe last known D-Day veteran in Las Vegas will return to Normandy. Five years ago, Onofrio “No-No”...
100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
KFDX Wichita Falls· 5 days agoLONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet...
Service in Devon remembers D-Day rehearsal tragedy
BBC via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoIn 1944, 639 American soldiers and sailors died...vessels were attacked by German E-boats during a rehearsal for the Normandy landings. The service took...
D-Day veterans recall looking forward to cups of tea and bailing out of tanks
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoHe said: “You all stick together like glue and the main thing is ‘how soon can I have a cup of tea...
Key Battleship Texas items part of global D-Day celebrations
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoOne of them was the Battleship Texas, which was to play a key role in Operation...amphibious...
80th anniversary of deadly D-Day rehearsal marked
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSlapton Sands was used for various D-Day rehearsals because of its geographical similarities to Utah Beach in Normandy
House Republicans’ Bench Thins—Yet Daredevils Can’t Quit Skydiving
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoFor now, many GOP daredevils remain undeterred. Consider the dozen or so Republican lawmakers...