D-Day veteran turns 100 with surprise party
A D-Day veteran has celebrated turning 100 with a surprise birthday party organised by a local navy association. Joe Bullock, ...
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Meet the Navy veteran who hit the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, and then went island-hopping in the Pacific
Julius Shoulars is 94 and resides in a cozy second-floor apartment in a Virginia Beach retirement community. During an oral-history interview, he recounted his service in the US Navy as a coxswain ...
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WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day commemoration event in France. Robert Persichitti, 102, passed away on ...
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Bangor's role in D-Day's Normandy landings
Three huge US Navy battleships - the Nevada, Texas and Arkansas - arrived in Belfast Lough in April 1944 and, with D-Day preparations gathering pace, the fleet grew as more ships arrived ...
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US Navy shoots down Houthi missiles targeting US-flagged commercial ships in Gulf of Aden
Two Navy destroyers were escorting commercial ships ... MORE: Who are the Houthis and why did the US attack them? The Houthis began their campaign against shipping in response to Israel's war ...