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How a small city in the Big Bend played a big role in World War II
Camp Gordon Johnston, along a stretch of the Gulf Coast, served as a training ground for the U.S. Army’s largest amphibious ...
One of the last members of WWII’s 83rd Infantry dies at 101
One of the last members of World War ll’s 83rd Infantry has died. Marvin Parr Blakeman passed away on Saturday, July 26, at ...
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The Atlantic Wall, a concrete barrier with the strength of straw
EL PAÍS takes a tour from Hendaye to Normandy with stops at the remains of the bunkers that formed part of this defensive structure ordered by Adolf Hitler ...
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A Baptism of Fire on the Shores of Normandy
A D-Day veteran recalls his first moments under fire during the Normandy landings—an intense introduction to combat that ...