Archive for the 'D Day' Category

UCL D-day for Manchester duo

By Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Supporters of a long-planned World War II memorial on the North Shore are asking the public for fundraising help, as they face a race to get construction underway by the anniversary of D-Day in June. Well, that day is finally here – and I'll try to keep you posted on [...]

D-Day for £62 million refuse disposal plant

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D-Day Anniversary: Amazing Before And After Shots Of The World War II Invasion …

It was the fourth day of the operation that began with the D-Day landing at Normandy. Marchant was 23 years old. The Germans came upon the wreckage, but they didn't take Marchant away. Their message to the French villagers: Do whatever you want with By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY As the country salutes the anniversary [...]

Sea-turtle sculptures mark D-Day

On June 6, 1944, he was on Omaha Beach with the 741st Tank Battalion in Normandy, directing 17 tanks during the first wave of D-day. He would receive four Purple Hearts during the early days of the invasion. At age 96, he still has a prominent bump on In one of the largest paintball games [...]

Marking D-Day with massive paintball battle

The statues, exhibited here on the 67th D-Day anniversary on June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy aim at symbolizing "the never ending horrors of war". Photo: Vincent Michel / AP FILE – In this June 6, 1944 file picture, Allied troops come ashore By ROBERT GAVIN Staff writer Phillip Myers of Saratoga Springs, a [...]