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Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal laid on Omaha Beach
U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor of Waverly Woodson Jr. on the beach where he came ashore and was wounded.
‘Heaven and earth’: Biden speech revives legend of Pointe du Hoc
The president's speech urged Americans to look after democracy, 40 years after Ronald Reagan gave a similar address.
D-Day anniversary marked by dwindling number of veterans
Now bent with age, a dwindling number of WWII veterans joined a new generation of leaders on the shores where they landed 80 years ago.
How Gustav the pigeon broke the first news of the D-Day landings
Gustav flew for five hours and 16 minutes across a distance of 150 miles to deliver the news, amid darkened skies and a headwind of about 50 mph.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher