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A father’s Normandy memory: Amid the ‘thud, thud’ of bombs, he landed on Utah Beach
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, after months of training. The D-Day invasion had begun on June 6 ...
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, ...
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Surviving veterans of D-Day invasion return to Normandy for 80th anniversary
Like many organizations across the world, the National D-Day Memorial Foundation is hosting events this week to commemorate the invasion ... They planned to go to Utah Beach on Thursday, Cherbourg ...
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‘It feels very lonely’: 80 years after D-Day, only 2 USS Nevada crew members remain
Outside Utah Beach, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Morton ... s service for the 100th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor invasion in 2041. For D-Day, Admiral Deyo chose the Nevada to serve as the “fighting ...
A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
Eighty years after it happened, D-Day – the largest land ... During the Allied forces' landing, the U.S. landing force for ...
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World War II's D-Day: Photos reveal world's largest amphibious invasion
Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western ...