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D-Day beach cafe ‘hates the English and refused to serve British soldiers’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA Second World War tour guide has criticised a cafe overlooking Normandy’s Omaha beach, claiming it...
Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoON OMAHA BEACH, France — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II...
D-Day by the numbers: Here's what it took 79 years ago to pull off the biggest amphibious invasion...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 12 months agoUS Troops wading through water after reaching Normandy and landing Omaha beach on D Day,...
Late Four-Star General from Polk County led soldiers on D-Day during World War II: ‘Go to the beach’
WTVT via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoNext month marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied troop landing at Normandy during World War II....
El Paso WWII veterans remember horror, heroism of D-Day in 2009 interviews: Trish Long
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEl Paso veterans remember D-Day In this June 6, 2009, El Paso Times article, Zahira Torres...
Forgotten D-Day cameramen out of shadows, 80 years on
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSeated side by side behind an antiquated viewer, the sisters run and rerun the 35 mm black-and-white...
For US veteran, D-Day memories still vivid after 80 years
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoRichard Rung recalls it vividly: German artillery firing on his landing craft, the sound of machine...
Who will you be thinking of Memorial Day? Henderson County WWII veterans share their tales
Times-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen I tell my World War II veteran friends they are my heroes, they often reply, “The real heroes...
Second World War in film: 20 of the best war movies ever made
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoD-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on...
LEGION OF HONOR: France confers highest distinction on D-Day vet
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 20—TRAVERSE CITY — France's top honor will go to a World War II veteran who landed at Normandy for D-Day nearly 80 years ago. But don't ask Dick Grout what it feels like to be a hero. The ...