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Veterans unveil coin to mark 80 years since VE Day
Richard Pelzer and Ron Horsey are among the first to strike the commemorative 50p VE Day coins.
What was the New Forest’s role in D-Day 80 years ago?
During the pivotal years of the Second World War, particularly in the run-up to D-Day, this quiet corner of Hampshire was utterly transformed into ...
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Martinsville soldier killed during D-Day accounted for after more than 80 years
A soldier from Martinsville who was killed during World War II has been accounted for, officials announced in a press release ...
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Virginia soldier killed during D-Day invasion accounted for more than 80 years later
A soldier from Virginia who died on D-Day has been accounted for 81 years after he was killed, officials said in a news release. The company disembarked from their landing craft at around 7 a.m ...
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Veteran remembers joy of WWII end, 80 years on
HARLOW, England - Centenarian Dorothea Barron recalled the wave of relief she felt when she heard World War II had finally ...
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New coin to mark 80 years since VE Day is launched by Royal Mint
The design originally appeared on a 1995 £2, marking 50 years since the end of the Second ... World War 50p and an 80th Anniversary of D-Day 50p. Prices for the new 50p coin will start at £ ...
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Coins to mark 80 years since VE Day launched by Royal Mint
The design originally appeared on a 1995 £2, marking 50 years since the end of the Second World War ... a Stories of the Second World War 50p and an 80th Anniversary of D-Day 50p. Prices for the new ...
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"Terribly Difficult": 80 Years On, UK World War II Veteran Remembers War End
Eighty years on, the spritely 100-year-old -- who ... communicate using visual signals and Morse code. And ahead of the D-Day Normandy landings, she helped test the portable Mulberry harbours ...