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A Des Moines Register story from 1944 reports that Cpl. John J. Marshall, an East High School graduate, is missing in action after parachuting behind the German lines in Normandy, France, on D-Day.
The King and Queen looked emotional as they paid tribute to veterans at a moving 80th anniversary D-Day memorial event. With teary eyes, Camilla looked at Charles as he appeared to wipe away a ...
D-Day veterans and their families were joined by members of the royal family and senior politicians. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The National D-Day Memorial is a war memorial located in Bedford, Virginia. It serves as the national memorial for American D-Day veterans. However, its scope is international in that it states, "In Tribute to the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of Allied Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944" and commends all Allied Armed Forces during the D-Day ...
A D-Day veteran who served as a torpedo boat gunner escorting American forces has died at the age of 99. George Chandler, from Burgess Hill, West Sussex, who lost his sight in later life, was to ...
Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France , and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front .
An American Airlines D-Day Honor Flight that returned Saturday from France took 68 veterans back to Normandy for the anniversary. The youngest person in that cohort was 98, the oldest was 107.
Charles Norman Shay (born June 27, 1924) is a Penobscot tribal elder, writer, and decorated veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.Along with a Bronze Star and Silver Star, Shay was also awarded the Legion d'Honneur, making him the first Native American in Maine with the distinction of French chevalier.