'It's important to remember ordinary fighting men'
After Mr Neal's brother died, he used that research and his own to tell their uncle's story in a book By Glider to Normandy ...
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30+ Rare Color Photos That Gave Us A New Perspective On D-Day
Luckily, Allied paratroopers and gliders were already behind enemy lines ... as they prepared to fight in Normandy, Franco for the D-Day Invasion that helped change the course of World War II. In the ...
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What Did the Band of Brothers Wear in Bastogne?
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder I take a look at the M43 uniform ... during a lunar eclipse Famous People Who Actually Served On D-Day ...
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Ex-soldiers retrace WW2 route in Jeeps for VE Day
A group of former soldiers from Dorset are embarking on a 1,600-mile road trip, retracing the route of Allied forces across Europe, in WW2 Jeeps ... regiment landed on D-Day - through Belgium ...
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Catholic World War II veteran George Desmarais turns 100
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces ... He was sent to England to prepare the gliders for D-Day, where they were used to transport soldiers, arms and supplies behind German ...
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Helicopter visit thrills World War Two pilot, 102
and a reminder of his younger days. Peter Davies, who served as a World War Two glider pilot, is a much-loved volunteer at Dean Valley Community Primary School in Bollington, Cheshire. Two years ...
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Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia
Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion three years ago. Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year, mostly in ...
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80 years later, memories of D-Day invasion, sacrifice remain strong
World War II veterans — either involved in the months-long campaign or the actual D-Day invasion — will be there, thanks to several nonprofit groups that are assisting with travel to France.
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Remembering the sacrifices: 80th anniversary of D-Day is June 6
A Cornwallis Park resident hopes people stop and remember the importance of June 6. Eighty years ago, the Allied Forces went ashore in Normandy, France, in a pivotal battle that would lead to the end ...
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Sorting through storage, museum discovers treasures
Guy Forstrom, Menominee Range Historical Foundation Board treasurer and World War II Glider and Military Museum Manager Dianne Castelaz-Chiapusio look over a German metal can found while sorting ...
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Peace at last: Scots who fought in Far East look back on the day the guns fell silent as WW2 was won
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