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Pasco County paratrooper inspired by D-Day to join the Army attends 80th anniversary events: ‘I am not a hero’
NORMANDY, France - A 98-year-old WWII vet from Pasco County, who joined the Army after watching footage of D-Day in a movie theater is among veterans from the Bay Area attending D-Day anniversary ...
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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 ...
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On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Native Americans Remember Veterans’ Service and Sacrifices
Dennis Zotigh Command Sergeant Major Julia Kelly (U.S. Army retired), one of 80 Native American delegates to the 75th anniversary observance of D-Day, stands on Omaha Beach. Kelly holds an eagle ...
Army Rangers Used Gun-Toting Fire Engine Ladders To Assault Cliffs On D-Day
In addition to kickstarting the liberation of Western Europe, the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, now best known ...
Veteran D-Day pilot dies aged 102
The last surviving pilot to have taken part in a mission that began the allied invasion of Europe during World War Two has died aged 102. Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton was based at RAF North ...
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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WW2 Movies: D-Day
Movies: Dunkirk, Bombers and the Bombed, Evacuees, Secret Army, D-Day It was the greatest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare and the risks were immense. The consequences of failure were ...
China constructing ‘D-Day style’ barges for possible Taiwan invasion
Taipei considers recruiting foreign fighters while Beijing’s new sea vessels draw inspiration from the 1944 Normandy landings ...