Normandy Invasion

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

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.21.2011

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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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Growing Bolder: A Deadline Unlike Any Other

Marc Middleton | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marc Middleton

Documentary filmmaker Tim Gray knows all about deadlines. But he's now working against the most imposing, most important, deadline of his career. The men and women whose stories he tells are dying at the rate of 1,000 a day.

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A Veteran's Story Made for Hollywood

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dorian de Wind

I met John just a couple of months ago. He told me he was of French descent. That, I believed immediately. He also told me he was 90 years old. That, I could hardly believe.

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France: Impressions of a Passer-By

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dorian de Wind

I am not a French history expert or a Francophile. I am merely commenting on how a brief visit to France, a few conversations, and visiting some "concrete examples" of French gratitude and respect have altered my perceptions -- perhaps misconceptions -- of the French people and of their recent history.

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What's the French for 'Paradox'?

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rory Fitzgerald

This is but one of the paradoxes at the heart of the French identity: They profess to disdain everything American, but if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they must love Uncle Sam.

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D-Day Stories: Where Were You?

Posted 05.25.2011

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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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How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Astor

Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

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