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Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart
Several ceremonies were being held Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control.
Last D-Day Pathfinder pilot flies C-47 aircraft this weekend
Hamilton is going to fly the plane just as WWII paratrooper re-enactors plan to stage an airdrop over Frederick, Oklahoma. The event is part of a celebration planned for Hamilton by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team and will depart from World War II-era Frederick Army Air Field from an original wooden hanger.
By Kristine Froeba
Chasing demons: 75 years on, D-Day haunts, drives its vets
They are back, some for the first time since war stole their innocence 75 years ago on Normandy’s D-Day beaches.
‘Saving Private Ryan’ is heading back to theaters for the 75th anniversary of D-Day
Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) will be in 600 cinemas nationwide for just two days.
By Jon Simkins