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BBC News
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Funeral held for D-Day veteran Jim Glennie

5+ hour, 55+ min ago   (254+ words) Read more about this story. Funeral held for D-Day veteran Jim Glennie. Video, 00:00:49Funeral held for D-Day veteran Jim Glennie Up Next. What you need to know if you're travelling to France or Spain. Video, 00:01:27What you need to know if you're…...

Cigar Coop
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Maya Selva Appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) in France

21+ min ago   (221+ words) July 27, 2026 William Cooper Cigar News 0 Comments Maya Selva, Maya Selva Cigars, News, People, Villa On July 14, 2026 (Bastille Day), Maya Selva, the founder of Maya Selva Cigars was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) in…...

CrossRoadsToday.com
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Normandy's D-Day beaches become UNESCO heritage site

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (240+ words) Sainte-Mère-Église, France - June 07, 2026 U.S. service members joined French, German, and Dutch service members for a D-Day commemoration airborne jump near Sainte-Mère-Église, France, on June 7, 2026. The operation brought together multinational forces in a static line parachute jump over … PARIS, France — The Normandy…...

US Muslims
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UNESCO adds Normandy D-Day beaches, Languedoc royal fortresses to World Heritage List

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (182+ words) Historic French sites include 80-kilometer stretch where Allied forces landed during World War II, medieval fortresses dating to 13th century UNESCO has added France’s Normandy D-Day landing beaches and the Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc to its World Heritage List. The…...

TV Tonight
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Airdate: World War II with Tom Hanks

5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (125+ words) A whopping 20 part series World War II with Tom Hanks premieres this Friday night on SBS, with a double episode. For eighty years, the Second World War has remained the most devastating and defining conflict in human history. World War…...

Eden Prairie Local News
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Wings of the North to host historian’s talk on atomic bombings

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (197+ words) World War II historian and author Jonathan Parshall will discuss the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during a free program Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Wings of the North Air Museum at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. The presentation…...

Irvine Times
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‘Very moving’ farewell for Scots D-Day veteran on funeral day

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (569+ words) Scottish D-Day veteran Jim Glennie was given a “very moving” farewell on the day of his funeral by the regimental museum where he volunteered for decades. Mr Glennie, who died on July 7 at the age of 100, was a well-known face…...

Google News
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Sailor who went missing in Pacific Ocean for a month found alive still at sea

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (582+ words) He was stranded at sea for 30 days A man who went missing trying to sail across the Pacific Ocean has been found alive and well after 30 days lost at sea. On 7 June California man Kai Sato set out from the…...

Daily News
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Veterans credit unity for victory

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (671+ words) DODOMA: NATIONAL unity, military discipline and the leadership of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere were the decisive forces be – hind Tanzania’s victory in the 1978-79 Kagera War, veterans who fought on the frontline said on National Heroes Day. Speaking in separate…...

Yahoo News UK
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Joe Pasquale's home haunted by World War Two German fighter pilot

8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (365+ words) Joe Pasquale's flint cottage is haunted by a World War Two German fighter pilot. The 64-year-old comedian bought the four-bedroom property in Thetford, Norfolk, in 2022, but the previous owner kept quiet about the ghost, who is thought to have "crashed…...