More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The group ranges from 96 to 107 years old, ...
Charles Norman Shay, a Native American who risked his life to save “countless” fellow soldiers during the D-Day landings near Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, died Wednesday at the age of 101.
BETHPAGE, N.Y. -- Veterans were honored on Long Island on Thursday to mark 80 years since D-Day, the start of the invasion against Nazi Germany that led to the end of World War II in Europe. American ...
A group of roughly two dozen veterans from World War II have traveled to Normandy, France for D-Day remembrances. Delta Air Lines and the Best Defense Foundation held a special sendoff. A local World ...
VER-SUR-MER, France — Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny, French President Emmanuel Macron kissed her on both cheeks and pinned the nation’s highest honor to her ...
Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...
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Thursday marks 80 years since D-Day, the date Allies stormed the Nazi-occupied beaches of Normandy, France, during the largest amphibious invasion in history. By day's end on June 6, 1944, more than ...
OMAHA BEACH, France — As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to battle the Nazis. On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans were joined by a new generation of ...
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — The collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart, Jeanne Swerlin, proved that love is eternal as they ...
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...
DALLAS — More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The group ranges from 96 to 107 ...