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Vor einem Tag · D-Day at 80. Veterans of the pivotal battle of World War II are disappearing. Europe, facing new conflict, recalls what their comrades died for. By Roger Cohen. Photographs by Laetitia Vancon ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Organizers and government officials concede that this year’s 80th anniversary of D-Day could be the last major commemoration to involve living veterans.
Vor einem Tag · Ashley Harris and her husband had come from New York with their three children aged one, six and 11 to see the commemorations. “We wanted them to see the veterans. It is history come alive ...
Vor 2 Tagen · “All those young men that never had a chance to go home and find a love of their life and hold their children in their arms,” he said on Omaha, wiping away a tear. On the bluffs above Omaha, at the Normandy American Cemetery with 9,387 immaculately tended graves , 100-year-old Bob Gibson paid tribute to comrades who fell on D-Day, when he landed on the other, less-bloody American landing ...
Vor einem Tag · Goss, wearing a World War II baseball cap and a red, white and blue ribbon on his lapel, said he doesn’t consider himself a hero. He said that distinction belongs to fellow soldiers who died in the war, parents and families who prayed for their safe return and all of the soldiers who looked out for him.
Vor einem Tag · By the end of the Normandy Campaign, at least 73,000 allied troops had been killed and 153,000 were wounded. About 20,000 civilians lost their lives, while between 4,000 and 9,000 German soldiers ...
Vor einem Tag · My grandfather did something similar. He trained as a pilot and was a Sargent for the RCAF, stationed in England. One day he was trying to start up a plane and you had to throw the propeller by hand. It didn't start up and he put his hands up to try again ... The propeller kicked in and broke all his knuckles on both hands. After that he was ...
