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Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives

The Independent  

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Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives

Associated Press  

OMAHA BEACH, France — A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood. U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Waverly Woodson Jr. on the beach where he came ashore …

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King Charles echoes his grandfather George VI as he pays tribute to D-Day veterans who faced 'supreme test' but 'did not flinch when the moment came' at 80th anniversary memorial service
6 months, 2 weeks ago

King Charles echoes his grandfather George VI as he pays tribute to D-Day veterans who faced 'supreme test' but 'did not flinch when the moment came' at 80th anniversary memorial service

Daily Mail  

King Charles has paid tribute to the 'remarkable wartime generation' who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep the world safe from tyranny on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. King Charles has paid tribute to the 'remarkable wartime generation' who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep the world safe from tyranny on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings …

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King Charles travels to mark D-Day anniversary while Prince William takes greater role
6 months, 2 weeks ago

King Charles travels to mark D-Day anniversary while Prince William takes greater role

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This is a version of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. CNN — Britain’s King Charles III embarked on his first overseas trip since being diagnosed with cancer, traveling across the English Channel for commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day Landings in Normandy. On Thursday morning, …

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D-Day minute by terrifying minute: Joltingly vivid account retells how Operation Overlord unfolded as 150,000 Allied troops gambled everything to defeat the Nazis and change the course of history
6 months, 2 weeks ago

D-Day minute by terrifying minute: Joltingly vivid account retells how Operation Overlord unfolded as 150,000 Allied troops gambled everything to defeat the Nazis and change the course of history

Daily Mail  

Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Normandy, the largest seaborne invasion in history, which begun of the liberation of France and western Europe from the Nazis. This location was used as a launching place for Allied troops participating in the invasion Operation Overlord Normandy troops are boarding a Landing Craft Infantry in Southern England on 5th June 1944 …

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How Saving Private Ryan's D-Day sequence changed the way we see war
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Saving Private Ryan's D-Day sequence changed the way we see war

BBC  

How Saving Private Ryan's D-Day sequence changed the way we see war Alamy Today marks 80 years since the momentous World War Two Allied operation – and back in 1998, Steven Spielberg's brutally immersive depiction of what happened left an indelible mark on cinema history, and the world. But no film has shaped the popular imagination of D-Day as thoroughly …

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Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later

Associated Press  

BENOUVILLE, France — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. Very emotional but important.” FRED TAYLOR Standing this week on what, on D-Day, were the blood-soaked sands of Omaha Beach, World War II fighter pilot Fredric Taylor …

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The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy

LA Times  

An American soldier touches the sand on Omaha Beach, Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in France this week to mark 80 years since the D-day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. More veterans were on their way Tuesday, traveling by ferry from southern England across the English …

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How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England to cover the Allies’ imminent D-Day invasion of Normandy, a U.S. commander offered them a no-nonsense welcome. Veteran war correspondent Wes Gallagher — who would later run the entire Associated Press — directed AP’s team from the headquarters in Portsmouth, England, of Supreme Allied …

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We will honour them on the beaches: As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches, here is your indispensable guide to visiting the battlefields of Normandy and paying homage to the fallen
6 months, 3 weeks ago

We will honour them on the beaches: As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches, here is your indispensable guide to visiting the battlefields of Normandy and paying homage to the fallen

Daily Mail  

The 80th anniversary of D-Day will draw world leaders and veterans back to the beaches of France Not since those ceramic poppies at the Tower of London have I seen a public artwork which makes such a powerful point in such an evocative setting: 1,475 life-size silhouettes, one for every British serviceman who died on D-Day, overlooking the scene of …

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Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans
1 year, 6 months ago

Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans

Associated Press  

ON OMAHA BEACH, France — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II veteran Marie Scott described D-Day, as Tuesday’s ceremonies got underway in honor of those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history. People were dying in that moment.” Scott said she was “disgusted” that another war …

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What does D-Day stand for and how is the Normandy landings anniversary marked?
1 year, 6 months ago

What does D-Day stand for and how is the Normandy landings anniversary marked?

Daily Mail  

The D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 were a triumph for Allied forces in World War Two and constitute one of the best remembered military operations of the conflict. A US landing barge packed with helmeted soldiers makes its way to the shore in Normandy on June 6, 1944 Dozens of ships line the coast off Omaha Beach in Normandy …

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Joy, sadness intertwine at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations
2 years, 6 months ago

Joy, sadness intertwine at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations

Associated Press  

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Joy and sadness in acute doses poured out Monday on the beaches of Normandy. As a bright sun rose Monday over the wide band of sand at Omaha Beach, U.S. D-Day veteran Charles Shay expressed thoughts for his comrades who died here 78 years ago. But it’s not possible.” This year, Shay handed over the remembrance task …

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In Normandy, 77th anniversary of D-Day during World War II observed in small crowds due to pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

In Normandy, 77th anniversary of D-Day during World War II observed in small crowds due to pandemic

Firstpost  

For the second year in a row, anniversary commemorations are marked by virus travel restrictions that have prevented veterans or families of fallen soldiers from the US, Britain, Canada and other Allied countries making the trip to France. Colleville-sur-Mer, France: When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to …

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D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite the pandemic

Associated Press  

CARENTAN, France — In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s D-Day commemorations are taking place with travel restrictions that have prevented veterans or families of fallen soldiers from the U.S., Britain and other allied countries from making the trip …

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