D Day

D-Day is Here

Patrick Quinlan | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: College Rejection, College Admissions, College-Decisions, World War 2, D-Day, Operation Overlord, College Acceptance, Teen News

As a high school senior, it is easy to envision myself as a scared private waiting on the shore, knowing the high chance of failure that awaits. College decision announcements are around the corner. D-Day is upon us.

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Elevating Ike: An Audiobook Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Eisenhower, Jim Newton, Russian, Gop, The Presidency, Teddy Roosevelt, President Obama, Vision Critical/Angus Reid, Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-Day, Little Rock-Arkansas, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Los Angeles Times, 22nd Ammendment, Random House Audio, Bay of Pigs, West Point, C-Span, Communist, The White House Years, The Cold War, The New York Times, Audiobooks, Martin Van Buren, Zane Gray, The White House, Democrats, France, Five-Star General, Ike, Suez Crisis, Oval Office. Golf, Israel, The U.K., Republicans, James Reston, Cuba, Books News

If you're a hardcore Democrat, this audiobook could turn you around about the man.

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Why I Still Like Ike

William Astore | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Humility, Military, Dwight Eisenhower, American Exceptionalism, Military Industrial Complex, National Monuments, Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-Day, Eisenhower Memorial, Frank Gehry, Dwight Eisenhower Presidency, Dwight Eisenhower Legacy, Politics News

As important as Ike's deeds were to our country, in some way his words were (and are) even more important, especially in this time of constant war and bloated budgets for "defense" and our burgeoning trade in deadly weaponry.

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The First Proco Joe Moreno

Joe Moreno | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Citizenship, World War II, Veterans Day, Chicago, Veterans, D-Day, Military Service, Paratroopers, World War II Veterans, Purple Heart, Chicago News

War should not be glorified, but the millions of individuals like my grandfather, who have defended and continue to defend us, should be.

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D-Day Vets Reunite By Chance On Beach They Stormed 67 Years Ago

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: World-War-Ii-Memorial, War Veterans, Normandy, Battle of Normandy, World War II Veterans, Good News, World War II, D-Day, Normandy Invasion, Video, Impact News

Almost 70 years ago while fighting in Normandy on D-Day, Bill Betts believed himself wounded beyond survival. He told his friend Clifford Baker to con...

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A Reflection of Daddy

Joe Bonsall | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: The Oak Ridge Boys, G.I. Joe and Lillie, D-Day, Father's Day, Impact News

What more can a man ask of his father? A man who worked hard, loved his family, and faced a tough row to hoe his entire life. Yet he still found enough time to change the history of the world.

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Santorum D-Day

Jeff Danziger | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: D-Day, National Health Care, Political Cartoons, Rick Santorum, Politics News

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Amazing Photos Of D-Day On The Anniversary Of the Invasion

Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: D-Day Anniversary, Adolf Hitler, Europe, Normandy, World War II, D-Day, France, Nazi Party, World News

The 67th anniversary of D-Day -- the day the Allied powers began the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II -- brings wit...

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The Anniversary Of D-Day

History.com/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Normandy Beaches, Video, D-Day Invasion, Dday Invasion, Dday Normandy, Normandy Anniversary, D Day Anniversary, D-Day, Invasion of Normandy, World News

History.com - Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synon...

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I Like Ike

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire, Germany, 1952 Election, Normandy, Churchill, Suetonius, Journalism, Dwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, 1776 Exhibition, Field Marshal Montgomery, Denis Hamilton, World War II, Holland, Dunkirk, American Caesars, D Day, Politics News

How those two figures -- Eisenhower and Nixon -- have resurfaced in the news over these past few days!

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WATCH: Ad Compares Repealing Health Care Reform To D-Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Repeal Obamacare, Political Advertising, Video, Health Care Ad, Health Care Reform Repeal, Obamacare, Independent Expenditures, Health Care Ads, 60 Plus Association, Elections 2010, Health Care Reform, Political Ads, D-Day, Repeal Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The nonprofit 60 Plus Association, which touts itself as "the conservative alternative to the liberal AARP," released a new ad this week...

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David Brooks: Soft in the Head

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

In his latest column, David Brooks is being a typical postmodern Republican: shameless, Bismarckian, and contemptuous of communitarians.

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For Memorial Day, the Best War Movies Ever

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

These special movies not only recreate the horror of combat, but also portray the human toll war takes beyond those who fall on the field of battle.

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U.S. Honors Stalin on Hallowed Ground, Will Saddam Hussein Be Next?

Alex Storozynski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dwight Eisenhower, Wwii, Poland, Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, William McIntosh, D-Day, Stalin, World News

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians began taking down their statues of Josef Stalin. Astonishingly, in America, the National D-Day Memorial is now placing his bust on a pedestal at its museum in Bedford, VA.

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Around the World With President Obama

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Paris, Washington Times, Barack Obama Foreign Trip, Bellantoni, President Obama, #Preztrip, D-Day, White House Press Corps, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics News

The trip abroad with President Obama was a bit of a whirlwind. Here are photos from the trip, along with original video that offes a glimpse into what it's like traveling with Obama abroad.

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Remembering America: Obama's D-Day Speech and Two Days in June

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buchenwald, Nazi, Normandy, Tom Hanks, France, Ronald Reagan, D-Day, John Ford, Omaha Beach, Barack Obama, Cairo, Germany, Egypt, Al Qaeda, Steven Spielberg, Jihadism, Japan, Israel, Muslim, Navy, Europe, Soviet Union, Britain, Gordon Brown, Russia, World War II, World News

On Thursday in Cairo, Obama gave his rhetorical best to reposition a mostly peaceful America in the future of the Muslim world. On Saturday in Normandy, he reminded of America's glittering past.

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The Success of One Day in June

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama placed his role in the memorial celebration of the 65th Anniversary of D-Day in its proper perspective, noting that he was not the first and would not be the last president to honor the historic events of June 6, 1944.

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GOOGLE D-DAY SNUB 2009: Google Honors Tetris But Not Veterans

postchronicle.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google Holidays, D-Day, Veterans, Tetris, Home News

Yesterday was the 65th anniversary of the beginning of the successful push to liberate Europe, and what was Google honoring? That's right, the 25th bi...

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Michelle Obama And Carla Bruni In Normandy: Wonderful In White (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama Normandy, Slideshow, Michelle Obama, D-Day, Carla Bruni, Michelle Obama D-Day, Michelle Obama Style, Carla Bruni Photos, Michelle Obama in Normandy, Style News

Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni were dressed in similar ensembles as they joined their husbands at the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy on Saturda...

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Gordon Brown "Obama Beach" Gaffe: British PM Misspeaks At D-Day Ceremony (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maybe the stress is getting to him. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who spent Friday pushing back against calls for his resignation, made a somew...

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Obama Marks D-Day's 65th Anniversary

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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OMAHA BEACH, France — President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the "sheer improbability" of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturd...

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Obama D-Day Speech: FULL TEXT

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama D-Day Remarks, Obama D-Day Speech, D-Day-Anniversary, D-Day, Obama D-Day, France, Norway, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Politics News

Obama's remarks at the D-Day 65th anniversary ceremony, as prepared for delivery. Good afternoon. Thank you President Sarkozy, Prime Minister Brown...

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Obama In Paris, Will Meet Michelle And Kids

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

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WEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson...

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D-Day Memories and Heroism

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leading up to the 65th anniversary of D-Day, The Huffington Post asked readers to send in their memories of that historic day when Allied forces storm...

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D-Day Stories: Where Were You?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World War II, Normandy Invasion, Obama in France, D-Day, Ee, World News

June 6, 1944, the Allied forces commenced their invasion of Normandy in the turning point of World War II. That night, President Roosevelt gave a radi...

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