D-Day veteran Fred Harris died at Basildon Hospital in March at the age of 90.
He made several combat jumps during World War II, including into Normandy as part of D-Day.
When the time came for Marshall to appoint the man to run D-Day Inc.
Eisenhower talking to the men of the 101st Airborne on the eve of D-Day.
D-Day was a resounding success, and Eisenhower led the Allies to victory in World War II.
Ambrose became the moving force behind the creation of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans.
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Mr Obama has agreed to return to France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.
As the 60th anniversary celebrations of the D-Day landings approach on June 6th, deep political Franco-American differences remain.
General Eisenhower, for instance, had words ready in case the D-Day landings failed.
"Three of them were on the beaches for the D-Day Invasion, " Porter said.
The Allied D-Day invasion, Harvey reveals, hinged on a stolen map of the Germans' secret network of underwater defenses.
The police raids on the Giro d'Italia at San Remo on 6 June was another "D-Day" for the sport.
He will later visit Germany, and then France for a D-Day commemoration ceremony.
The Republicans have chosen to retreat for now and delay D-day until May.
Presumably, he wears it on debate nights, the way some veterans get out their old Eisenhower jackets on D-day anniversaries.
His luck ran out three days before D-Day in June 1944 when the Lancaster bomber he was piloting was shot down.
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Ambrose hit his stride when he began his work on D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II.
On his way to the 65th D-Day commemorations in France, President Obama plans a curious stop-over in Germany, my home country.
D-Day is the best-remembered event of Britain's second world war, a preference that exemplifies the nation's esteem for improvisation and making-do.
During World War II, the deep water at Dittisham was used to provide safe anchorage for boats preparing for the D-Day Landings.
The National D-Day Museum reopened in December, and the New Orleans Museum of Art should open its doors again on March 3.
In 1944, the British Broadcasting Corporation aired a coded message intended to warn the French resistance that the D-Day invasion was imminent.
Their immediate job was to work with the local Maquis to cause as much disruption as possible before D-day five weeks later.
She worked for British Special Operations and was parachuted into France in April 1944 before D-Day to deliver weapons to French Resistance fighters.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was a specially invited guest -- the first time a sitting German leader had been at a D-Day commemoration.
Mr. Atkinson's account of D-Day is both masterly and lyrical, commencing with the story of the three Allied airborne divisions that secured the flanks.
The bridge was captured by British and Canadian troops, who swooped into enemy territory by glider and parachute on D-Day - 6 June 1944.
Ryan's The Longest Day, a 1959 book about D-Day, sold millions of copies and was made into an epic film with an all-star cast.
University chiefs had described Thursday as "D-Day" and said the decision would have a profound effect on the future of higher education in Northern Ireland.
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