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Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons

Approved, denvergazette.com, National / June 6, 2024 / U.S. Military, Veterans, WWII

As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to battle the Nazis. On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans in a parade of wheelchairs joined a new generation of leaders to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same beaches where they landed exactly 80 years ago on D-Day.

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D-Day anniversary shines spotlight on ‘Rosies’ who built WWII weapons

Air Force Times, Approved, National / June 6, 2024 / D-Day, U.S. Military, WWII

When the 5,000th B-17 bomber built after Pearl Harbor rolled out of its Boeing factory, teenage riveter Anna Mae Krier made sure it would carry a message from the women of World War II: She signed her name on it.

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Last WWII veterans converge on Omaha Beach for D-Day and fallen friends

Air Force Times, Approved, National / June 6, 2024 / Air Force, U.S. Military, WWII

Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day.

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Air Force dangles big bucks, expands eligibility for retention bonuses

Air Force Times, Approved, National / June 4, 2024 / Air Force, U.S. Military

Thinking about reenlisting? Eligible airmen in critical jobs can now nab bonuses of up to $180,000, up from $100,000 in previous years, for agreeing to stay in the service.

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Podcast delves into the legacy of D-Day to commemorate 80th anniversary

Approved, National, Stars & Stripes / May 17, 2024 / D-Day, U.S. Military, World War II

As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches, a World War II Foundation podcast is taking a look at the invasion of Normandy.

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Korean War Army Col. Ralph Puckett, 97, recipient of Medal of Honor, lies in honor at Capitol ceremony

Approved, National, Stars & Stripes / April 30, 2024 / U.S. Military

Congress gave one of its highest final tributes on Monday — a lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol — to Ralph Puckett Jr., who led an outnumbered company in battle during the Korean War and was the last surviving veteran of that war to receive the Medal of Honor.

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