'The heroes are all buried over there:' WWII veteran on D-Day invasion
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It's been almost 80 years* since U.S. troops took part in the largest invasion in U.S. history. There are fewer and fewer men left from the Greatest Generation to remember...
View ArticleNational WWII Museum in New Orleans features new Liberation Pavilion
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The final chapter at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana opened November, 2023 to the public*. The new Liberation Pavilion takes a look at post-war themes....
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'Freedom is not free': D-Day veterans share their story
THOMAS, W.Va. (WBOY) - As we mark the anniversary* of D-Day... the sheer magnitude of a task that faced the allies is still difficult to comprehend. Two D-Day veterans living down the hall from each...
View ArticleWatch: Veterans enjoy honor flight to Washington
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON)* -- KRON4's Ken Wayne accompanied a group of veterans on an honor flight to Washington D.C. He spoke to veterans of World War II and the Vietnam War about the experience as the...
View Article100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades...
LONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary...
View ArticleWatch: How Americans saw video from D-Day
(NEXSTAR) -- In 2024, you'd be able to see war footage on your phone in an instant. In some cases, the images spread across the world before information becomes available. Eighty years ago, it was the...
View ArticleHow one of D-Day's youngest heroes became a paratrooper at 17
(NEXSTAR)— Donna Allen only met her father once when she was a baby. It wasn’t until Allen was 48 years old that she officially learned that her father, Pvt. Roy U. Talhelm, was an American hero. “I...
View ArticleFrance prepares for D-Day’s 80th anniversary this year
PARIS (AP) — France is getting ready to show its gratitude toward World War II veterans who will return, many for the last time, to Normandy beaches this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of...
View ArticleWWII veteran to marry fiancée in France 80 years after D-Day
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Harold Terens and his fiancée Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II...
View ArticleD-Day TikTok star 'Papa Jake' was 15 when he enlisted
(NEXSTAR/AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 101-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake,” enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy...
View ArticleSand ceremony honors the fallen at Normandy American Cemetery
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – On June 6th, 2024, Americans across the country will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In Normandy, France a solemn tradition pays tribute to the sacrifice made by...
View ArticleLetter reveals what soldier who inspired 'Saving Private Ryan' left at Normandy
(NEXSTAR) -- A heartbreaking letter reveals the man who inspired Saving Private Ryan hoped to return to Normandy for the 40th anniversary of D-Day. He did not make it. Fritz Niland died one year...
View ArticlePointe du Hoc: Honoring the legacy of those who fought
(NEXSTAR) – About four miles west of Omaha Beach sits Pointe du Hoc, one of several key sites in “Operation Overlord,” better known as D-Day. “People don’t understand the 6th of June was a horrible,...
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19-year-old medic Charles Shay was ready to give his life and save as many as...
BRETTEVILLE-L'ORGUEILLEUSE, France (AP) — On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic who was ready to give his life — and save as many as he could. Now 99, he’s spreading a message of...
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Newspapers and the D-Day Invasion: A pivotal role in WWII reporting
(NEXSTAR) -- On June 6, 1944, a day etched in the annals of World War II, the D-Day invasion marked a critical turning point in the Allied efforts to liberate Europe from Germany. The magnitude of the...
View ArticleHow D-Day cemetery honors Jewish soldiers
(NEXSTAR) – The Normandy American Cemetery is fulfilling its promise to mark the graves of Jewish soldiers with a Star of David. Marble crosses mark the graves of more than 9,000 soldiers buried at...
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D-Day changed Omaha Beach's sand in astonishing way, researchers found
(NEXSTAR) – Looking around Omaha Beach, today’s visitors to the site of the D-Day operations are faced with stark reminders of the harrowing battles that began on June 6, 1944: the bomb craters left...
View ArticleShocking letters reveal WWII sacrifice of father and son
(NEXSTAR) – In August 1944, Mrs. Mildred Reed received a devastating letter. “Your husband, Colonel Ollie W. Reed, was killed July 30th, in France,” the letter read. Col. Reed had survived storming...
View ArticleNational D-Day Memorial salutes veterans’ sacrifice
(NEXSTAR) – As the 80th anniversary approaches, those at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia are steadfast in their mission: to educate younger generations about what happened on that...
View ArticleSmall town still healing after losing 20 young men on D-Day
(NEXSTAR)—On July 17, 1944, the small town of Bedford, Virginia with a population of just 3,200 would learn that 20 men died in the D-Day invasion. It was the nation’s highest known per capita D-Day...
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