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A father’s Normandy memory: Amid the ‘thud, thud’ of bombs, he landed on Utah Beach
Traveling by ship across the English Channel the night of June 12, 1944, my father was below deck with the vehicle he would soon drive ashore at Utah Beach to face combat in World War II at last ...
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'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
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Richard Schermerhorn, last known living D-Day veteran from Lehigh Valley, dies at 102
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The Lehigh Valley has lost its last known living D-Day Veteran. Richard Schermerhorn died a few ...
Lehigh Valley veteran, one of last survivors who stormed the beaches on D-Day, dies at 102
World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...
Le premier monument du D Day d’Utah-Beach célébrera ses 80 ans en juin 2025
Durant 25 ans, le monument dédié aux soldats de la First Engineer Special Brigade, tués en juin 1944, a été le seul monument du site d’Utah Beach (Manche). En juin 2025, les 80 ans de son inauguration ...