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"The fact that they were allowed to do it without people who knew what they were doing was very, very scary. There was no ...
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much ...
D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in military history, is remembered today at the USS Kidd Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge, ...
The 81st D-Day commemoration drew large crowds to honor the 75,000 US troops who fought at Normandy, while centenarian ...
This week, World War II veterans are back in Normandy. On those beaches, it was a hero’s welcome for a fading generation of World War II veterans, 81 years after they helped turn the tide of history.
Four World War II veterans joined by a small crowd gathered Friday near the War World II Memorial to recognize the 81st ...
World War II veteran Wally King speaks at the D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, ...
The U.S. Army’s Caisson Detachment returned to Arlington National Cemetery after two years. The ceremonial horse unit is used ...
Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops ...
Shells exploded around them. Nazi gunfire pounded from the shoreline. It was D-Day, one of the 20th century’s most famous ...
Events this weekend include the Quad Cities Pride Festival, Summer Kickoff Block Party, Pulling Focus African American Film ...