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Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal laid on Omaha Beach
A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly ... fire in the June 6, 1944, landings in Normandy, northern ...
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D-Day Warriors: It Was Our War Too
1944. Travelling back to Omaha Beach each yea D-Day Warriors: It Was Our War Too is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android ...
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On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Native Americans Remember Veterans’ Service and Sacrifices
On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion ... 175 Native soldiers landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day; to date, the Department of Defense has identified 55. Department of Defense figures show ...
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You can now own a battle-scarred American flag that US troops planted on Omaha Beach on D-Day
A battle-scarred American flag believed to be the first planted on Omaha beach during the 1944 D-Day landings is expected to fetch more than $55,000 at auction next week, Updated on Dec 10 ...
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France pushes for Unesco status for D-Day beaches and Carcassonne fortresses
France's Ministry of Culture on Monday filed an application to have the beaches in Normandy that were the site of the D-Day ...
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Adaptability And Flexibility: The Red Teaming Lessons Of D-Day
The D-Day invasion on June 6 ... Fox Green section of Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944. The Allied planners understood that no operation, regardless of its thoroughness, could account ...
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When is the D-Day anniversary?
The Battle for Omaha. videoThe Battle for Omaha ... veterans recall what it was like to be part of the D-Day landings on Sword Beach in June 1944, and the move inland to take control of German ...