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NORAD Santa tracker started in the Cold War. Now it’s a holiday staple

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Document the stories of the ‘Greatest Generation’ before it’s too late

In this Veterans Day op-ed, a military history filmmaker implores Americans to document the stories of World War II veterans while they're still alive.

Rangers led the way in the D-Day landings 80 years ago

Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, were 1,000 members of a new, specially trained unit.

How the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day

As part of the first wave of the largest amphibious assault in history, the regiment was assigned to clear Omaha Beach landing sectors.

A brief timeline of the Allies’ D-Day invasion of occupied France

June 6, 1944, began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by some 1,200 aircraft who carried airborne troops.

Remembering D-Day: Key facts about the invasion that altered WWII

With vets and world dignitaries gathering in Normandy to commemorate the landings' 80th anniversary, here's a look at how Operation Overlord unfolded.

Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates D-Day

While President Biden's uncles weren't among the thousands who came ashore on D-Day, they were in the Army and supported the war in other ways.

D-Day anniversary shines spotlight on ‘Rosies’ who built WWII weapons

In World War II, millions of women rolled up their sleeves and worked in defense-industry factories, freeing up and equipping men for combat.

Centenarian vets are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later

Few witnesses remain who remember the storied Allied assault and history’s biggest amphibious invasion.

Last WWII vets converge on Omaha Beach for D-Day and fallen friends

Vets, many of them centenarians and likely returning for one last time, pilgrimaged to what was the bloodiest of five Allied landings on June 6, 1944.

D-Day vets hailed as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary

Schoolchildren greeted dozens of WWII vets, many in their 100s, as they arrived in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Black medic who saved dozens on D-Day posthumously honored

Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in D-Day, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

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