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The final, haunting image of immigrant’s son who became a D-Day hero
Less than 24 hours after this image was taken, the unit would arrive on shore at Sword Beach, one of five landing areas ...
Poignant Remembrance Service at St George’s Hall commemorates 80th anniversary of D-Day Normandy Landings
A gospel choir performed as part of the moving service to remember those who gave their lives for their country ...
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Midland Remembers: Victor Nelson, the eighth man
On June 6, 1944, 22-year-old Victor Nelson was the eighth paratrooper to jump in the blackness covering the coastline of ...
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Don Sheppard, Royal Engineer who survived a rough landing on Juno Beach on D-Day
Don Sheppard, who has died aged 104, took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6 1944 while serving as a Royal Engineer with the 51st Highland Division. Sheppard embarked in a convoy of ...
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Midland Remembers: Victor Nelson, the eighth man
A total of 6,000 ships and landing craft, and a total of 822 C-47’s (Skytrain) aircraft. An invasion point of 50 miles of the Normandy coastline ... 502 nd Parachute Infantry Regiment ...