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November 12, 2009
MARGRATEN, The Netherlands - Students from the AFNORTH International High School and the Geilenkirchen Elementary School gathered with service and family members of the tri-border community to honor all Veterans at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Nov. 11.
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November 10, 2009
BERLIN - Cold War-era Berlin Wall patrols were a visible message to the East and West German people and the Soviet Union that the U.S. and its allies stood ready to defend West Berlin and democracy.
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June 8, 2009
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - After a well-deserved tribute at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Omaha Beach June 6, attended by four heads of state, the veterans of D-Day were honored again June 7. This tribute, however, was organized by and held in the town of Sainte Mere Eglise, the first town liberated by Allied forces on D-Day.
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June 8, 2009
HEMEVEZ, France - Service members from the United States, alongside French and German soldiers and residents of this small village in Normandy gathered in a local churchyard June 5 to pay their respects to seven soldiers who were executed by German troops on D-Day.
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June 8, 2009
CARENTAN, France - A tranquil slab of marble with several bouquets of flowers at its base stood in the evening shadows June 5 on a piece of earth that 65 years earlier was the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting on the soil of France during World War II.
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June 8, 2009
NORMANDY, France - June 6, 1944, has been called the Longest Day. The largest amphibious invasion in history, code name Operation Overlord, consisted of approximately 154,000 British, Canadian, and American troops. That number includes 23,000 paratroopers who came in via glider or parachute, 5, 000 ships, and 11,000 aircraft.
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June 7, 2009
NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, France -- For nearly a week Department of Defense civilians and servicemembers from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines have been deployed to the small French town of Sainte Mere Eglise and this memorial beside Omaha Beach supporting events in honor of the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
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June 6, 2009
AMFREVILLE, France - At the top of a small hill here there is a 15-foot-tall concrete memorial framed on each side by the American and French flags. On the face of the memorial is a life-sized image carved in stone of a U.S. Army paratrooper descending from the sky.
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June 5, 2009
BRUSSELS, Belgium - June 6 is a particularly memorable day in U.S. military history. This year, it marks the 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion and the start of the liberation of western Europe.
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June 5, 2009
GOURBESVILLE, France - In the days before the landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, the small town of Gourbesville was the site of a German aid station. In the days following the allied invasion the town and others like it in the surrounding countryside became the scene of intense fighting as the U.S. Army moved eastward deeper into France.
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June 5, 2009
NORMANDY, France - Coast Guard veteran Tommy Harbour returned to the site June 4, 2009, where he made three trips in PA33-4 delivering troops and equipment during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. Harbour was a Coast Guard coxswain mate, whose vehicle and personnel landing craft (LCVP), also known as a Higgins boat, transported soldiers to Omaha Beach as well as Utah Beach during WWII.
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June 4, 2009
LE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France — U.S. and allied service members, World War II veterans, local dignitaries and others honored the memory of those who fought in the D-Day invasion at a ceremony at the foot of famed Mont Saint Michel, June 4.
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June 4, 2009
NORMANDY, France - On June 6, 65 years ago, allied forces battled side by side to liberate France. During the D-Day invasion that began that day, American, British and Canadian troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast as part of the largest single-day amphibious invasion in history.
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June 4, 2009
NORMANDY, France -June 6, 1944 has been called "the longest day" The largest amphibious invasion in history, code named Operation Overlord, consisted of approximately 154,000 British, Canadian, and American troops. That number includes 23,000 paratroopers who came in via glider or parachute, 5,000 ships, and 11,000 aircraft.
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June 4, 2009
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - Families in and around Sainte Mere Eglise volunteered to share their lives with more than 350 servicemembers from Task Force Normandy by taking small groups of the troops into their homes for dinner.
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June 4, 2009
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England - A group of veterans, college students and faculty members were joined by members of the 100th Air Refueling Wing at Thorpe Abbots June 1 to honor the heroes of World War II, particularly those who participated in the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day.
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June 4, 2009
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - Maurice Lancelot is not an American soldier, but he is dressed like one.
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June 4, 2009
NORMANDY, France - Three soldiers and career-long friends got the rare opportunity to relive the past in a unique way June 2 while the trio is here supporting the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
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June 4, 2009
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France -Although sun and waves come together to create a serene picture of Sainte Mere Eglise today, it was once the site of one of the bloodiest battles in history.
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June 3, 2009
NORMANDY, France - Task Force Normandy 65 is offering limited seating in the aircraft involved in the airborne operation over Sainte Mere Eglise Sunday June 7. The operation will commemorate the Allied airborne assaults into France in the early morning of June 6, 1944.
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June 3, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States and the Republic of Turkey remain steadfast allies and friends in a modern-day relationship that stretches back decades, the U.S. military's top officer said June 1.
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June 3, 2009
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - This town loves paratroopers -- in particular, American paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and the 101st Airborne Divisions. It was those two divisions that liberated Sainte Mere Eglise June 7, 1944, making it the first town in France to be liberated during World War II.
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June 3, 2009
SAINTE MERE EGLISE, France - It was the middle of the night and the town of Sainte Mere Eglise was on fire. Occupied by the Germans since June 18, 1940, the town had survived several allied air raids.
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June 1, 2009
NORMANDY, France - When it comes time to honor the soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought and died supporting the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, 65 years ago, there will be thousands who flock to the shores of Utah Beach and Omaha Beach to pay homage to the bravery and sacrifice of these heroes.
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June 1, 2009
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England - American service members stationed in the United Kingdom observed Memorial Day May 25 at Madingley American Cemetery near Cambridge.
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May 29, 2009
BELLEAU, France - More than 300 Marines and sailors from commands throughout Europe and the United States, along with approximately 2,000 French locals, gathered at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery here for a Memorial Day ceremony May 24.
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May 20, 2009
WEST POINT, Miss. - Charles William Eubanks, a resident of West Point, Miss., wants to be remembered - not as a hero, but as a survivor of D-Day.
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April 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama on April 23 discussed the role American World War II veterans played in bringing about the end of the Holocaust and preserving its memory.
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