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  2. Mountain Iron, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Mountain Iron is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, in the heart of the Mesabi Range. The population was 2,878 at the 2020 census. [3] U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main route in Mountain Iron. The city's motto is "Taconite Capital of the World". The local mine, Minntac, is owned by the United States Steel Corporation (U.S ...

  3. Costin Village, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Costin Village is a former townsite at the location of what is now the city of Mountain Iron, Minnesota. Costin Village was founded by John Costin . Its population in the year 1907 was 1,000 people.

  4. Looking back at the beaches of Normandy on D-Day: June ... - AOL

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    On June 6, 1944, the largest seaborne invasion in history took place as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning the end of WWII. ... June 6, 1944, with the storming of France's ...

  5. Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt - Wikipedia

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    General George Patton's Third Army's Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt was the first allied bridgehead across the Seine River in the aftermath of Operation Overlord, which allowed the Allies to engage in the Liberation of Paris. During the two days of the bridge crossing, American anti-aircraft artillery shot down almost fifty German ...

  6. 80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted ... - AOL

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    Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious military assault the world has ever seen. Its success heralded the beginning of ...

  7. Pointe du Hoc - Wikipedia

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    La Pointe du Hoc (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t dy ɔk]) is a promontory with a 35-metre (110 ft) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the northwestern coast of Normandy in the Calvados department, France. In World War II, Pointe du Hoc was the location of a series of German bunkers and machine gun posts.

  8. A World War II veteran just married his bride near Normandy's ...

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    CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. The location was the elegant stone-worked town hall of Carentan, a key initial D-Day ...

  9. Arromanches-les-Bains - Wikipedia

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    Arromanches-les-Bains is 12 km north-east of Bayeux and 10 km west of Courseulles-sur-Mer on the coast where the Normandy landings took place on D-Day, 6 June 1944.Access to the commune is by the D514 road from Tracy-sur-Mer in the west passing through the town and continuing to Saint-Côme-de-Fresné in the east.