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D-Day 80: What key events are happening in France and the UK?
Press Association News via AOL· 7 days agoVeterans and 2,000 guests will be in attendance, including high-ranking figures, with this year...
Shapps: Shortage of planes for D-Day commemoration underlines need for more cash
Press Association News via AOL· 5 hours agoHundreds of paratroopers had been expected to jump into Normandy to honour the actions of their...
Historic military vehicle owners to mark D-Day
BBC via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThousands of people visit Normandy each year for the annual commemorations – a weekend packed with emotion and pride for many. To mark the 80th...
Normandy veterans prepare to deliver an emotional tribute to D-Day warrior
Daily Express· 4 days agoJack Quinn, who was last year feted as a hero and personally thanked by French President Emmanuel...
King Charles and Prince William Planning First Overseas Trip Since Cancer Treatments
Vanity Fair· 21 hours agoCharles has long been a fixture at the June 6 events in Normandy and the UK, which annually mark the...
D-Day squadron of World War II planes re-creates ‘Blue Spruce’ route to Europe
Stars and Stripes· 3 days agoII aircraft that moved troops and cargo across the North Atlantic to Europe are being retooled,...
World War II planes stop in Maine on D-Day remembrance journey
Bangor Daily News· 18 hours agoC-47s dropped paratroopers in Normandy on D-Day — June 6, 1944 — in a massive airborne mission that...
This monument flew from Lebanon, Ohio to Normandy, France to memorialize D-Day sacrifices
WCPO Cincinnati· 6 days 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 ...
Tom Archdeacon: Springfield veteran racks up honors as he nears 100
Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio via Yahoo News· 24 minutes agoMay 19—SPRINGFIELD — On Memorial Day, when the Cincinnati Reds honor Walter Stitt during a game with the St. Louis Cardinals, the 99-year-old World War ...
Remembering a Minnesotan who stormed the beach on D-Day 80 years ago
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 20 hours agoOne day when he was about 8 years old, Bill Heaney was hanging out with his father in the toolshed...