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Normandy veterans share ‘bit of living history’ ahead of D-Day anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 7 days agoMr Aldred, 99, who served as a tank driver and landed on Gold Beach in Normandy the day after D-Day...
D-Day beach cafe ‘hates the English and refused to serve British soldiers’
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoA Second World War tour guide has criticised a cafe overlooking Normandy’s Omaha beach, claiming it...
Las Vegas veteran headed to Normandy, 80 years after D-Day
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 6 days agoZicari was just 21 when he and his comrades were called upon to storm France’s Normandy coast on D-...
Late Four-Star General from Polk County led soldiers on D-Day during World War II: ‘Go to the beach’
Fox local via AOL· 2 days agoNext month marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied troop landing at Normandy during World War II....
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Family reunited with 'amazing' lost wartime letters
BBC via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago'Second front' In one letter written to Les by Arnold during that period, Arnold makes a passing reference to the “second front”, which, in time, the...
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
France prepares for D-Day’s 80th anniversary this year
WFLA· 4 days agoA ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present.
Service in Devon remembers D-Day rehearsal tragedy
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe cairn was unveiled in Dartmouth, near Slapton Sands, on 5 April [BBC] The area was chosen for the exercise due to its topography resembling Utah ...
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...