West Palm Beach centenarian reflects on extraordinary life of World War II heroism
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
Army Rangers Used Gun-Toting Fire Engine Ladders To Assault Cliffs On D-Day
In addition to kickstarting the liberation of Western Europe, the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, now best known ...
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Why Was Normandy Selected For D-Day?
In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as ...
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Richard Schermerhorn, last known living D-Day veteran from Lehigh Valley, dies at 102
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The Lehigh Valley has lost its last known living D-Day Veteran. Richard Schermerhorn died a few ...
Lehigh Valley veteran, one of last survivors who stormed the beaches on D-Day, dies at 102
World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...
Local WWII veteran, D-Day survivor Richard Schermerhorn dies at 102
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Local World War II veteran Richard Schermerhorn, who landed on a Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion in 1944, has died at the age of 102.
D-Day veteran, 99, is ‘great example to us all’, King says
Charles was also shown a kilt worn by a soldier wounded in the Somme which has been untouched for decades during a visit to ...
King Charles hails Scots D-Day veteran, 99, as 'great example to us all'
King Charles has hailed a 99-year-old D-Day veteran as a "great example to us all" during a visit to a Scots military museum.