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A D-Day photo. June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy—the day in 1944 when allied forces from 13 countries stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, marking the beginning of ...
Thursday is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which took place June 6, 1944. Here are three stories of veterans who survived Normandy.
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Robert Cole memorial in Best, Netherlands Lieutenant Colonel Robert George Cole (March 19, 1915 – September 18, 1944) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the days following the D-Day Normandy invasion of World War II .
National D-Day Memorial pool with landing craft, American soldier, and German beach barrier. The National D-Day Memorial Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization that had its beginnings as a small committee in 1988 with the prospect of building a memorial to dedicate the sacrifices made by the Allied Forces on D-Day. The idea had been ...
The British Normandy Memorial is a war memorial near the village of Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. It was unveiled on 6 June 2021, the 77th anniversary of D-Day , and it is dedicated to soldiers who died under British command during the Normandy landings .
A D-Day veteran who helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp has died aged 104. Donald ‘Don’ Sheppard, a dispatch rider for the Royal Engineers, landed on Juno beach on June 6 1944 ...
Normandy Veterans Association memorial, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. The Normandy Veterans' Association (NVA) was an association formed in 1981 of ex-servicemen and women who served in the 1944 Normandy invasion. The association was represented at the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy in June 2014.