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East Patchogue D-Day vet John 'Harry' Kellers turns 100 with community celebration
World War II veteran John “Harry” Kellers beamed from his folding chair Sunday morning, underneath a shade tent in the ...
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The Unstoppable U.S. WWII Machine Gun You’ve Never Heard Of
It wasn’t the M1919 or the Thompson, but this American machine gun brought serious firepower to World War II—and flew under ...
A World War II European vacation to remember
About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...
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Coasties Braved Withering German Fire to Put Troops Ashore on D-Day
Coast Guard Gunner's Mate Frank DeVita crawled over the bodies of the dead who lay in the blood and puke covering the deck of the Higgins boat on Omaha Beach to save the landing craft during the ...
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Iowan killed on D-Day to be buried on 81st anniversary of his death - The Des Moines Register
The remains of Pvt. James Lee Harrington, killed in action on D-Day, have been identified and will be buried in Iowa. Harrington, 21, died aboard a landing craft that was hit by enemy fire and a mine.
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Remembering D-Day: Veteran, 100, offers first-hand account of D-Day
Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops made at Utah Beach.
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'We had a job' to do: Humble veteran, 100, recalls D-Day 81 years later - Yahoo
Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembered the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops at Utah Beach had to make in 3- to 4-foot waves, each carrying about 60 ...
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'We had a job' to do: Humble veteran, 100, recalls D-Day 81 years later - AOL
Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops made at Utah Beach.
The Ithaca Journal25d
D-Day remembered: Veteran's first-hand account of Normandy invasion
Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops made at Utah Beach.
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How an old soldier and a group of teens recreated Canada's D-Day landing | The Star Phoenix
Every window was a machine gun; ... Troops from the Royal Winnipeg Rifles aboard a wooden landing craft carrying about 35 men, heads towards Juno Beach on D-Day June 6, 1944.