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D-Day Remembered
This past June was the 65th anniversary of the storming of Normandy Beach, often known as D-Day. A ceremony was held on Saturday, June 6th with American President Barrack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the Canadian and British prime ministers and Prince Charles in attendance. This blog, hosted through the Denver Post, has more... »
Anti-Air Defense
This man really saw war in all its grit and gore. In one portion of this article, it mentions that his team arrived on Normandy Beach 3 days after D-Day. I know it would have been a nightmare to be there on D-Day (and I’m not trying to lessen those soldiers’ sacrifice on that... »
Hero of Two Nations
Joseph “Jumpin’ Joe” Beyrle was an amazing man, to say the least. His exploits in the Second World War bordered on unbelievable. He was also the only WWII soldier to fight for both the Soviets and Americans. Beyrle was captured by the Germans on D-Day and declared dead in the attack due to a... »