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Video: Hundreds of Paratroops Re-Create 1944 D-DAY Airborne Assault · WarbirdsNews | World leaders, including have flocked to France to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in WWII.More than 600 American and allied paratroops jumped onto a field outside this tiny farming town in rural Normandy today and yesterday, re-creating a daylight version of the airborne invasion here 70 years ago.Drawing huge crowds who...

Video: French air force gives D-Day airshow tribute * KRDO | The 70th anniversary of D-Day was marked Friday, and events to commemorate the event have continued in Normandy, France, through the weekend. One of the popular anniversary events was an airshow put on by the French air force...

Red Arrows thrill crowds with display over Hampshire D-Day event * Daily Echo | The Red Arrows took to the skies at 5.30pm for the 21-minute display, part of a major D-Day commemoration at Newtown Park, which is near a former airfield used during the build-up to the invasion of June 6, 1944. Hosted by Charles Burnett III, today's...

Silent Wings Museum commemorates D-Day with free event * MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM | There will be opportunities to view the documentary D-Day Remembered, Greatest Generation's C-47, Southern Cross, Commemorative Air Force's C-60, Good Time Gal and military vehicles. There will be children's educational activities. The Lubbock ...

Video: 70th Anniversary of D-Day remembered at EAA * We Are Green Bay | OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) - The 70th Anniversary of D-Day was remembered inside Eagle Hanger at EAA in Oshkosh on Friday. Nearly 20 World War II veterans were honored and thanked for their service....

WWII planes fly over ceremony for WWII Veterans * WKRC TV Cincinnati | Friday night, four planes that flew during the war flew once again in honor of the greatest generation. The B-25 Mitchell Bomber was one of the premier bomber planes used in World War II. It flew again over hundreds of people honoring the men who ...

Tolling of the Bells * Voices From The DC-3 | The church bells rang for more than 15 minutes this morning at 9 am in Cherbourg, France. They rang out across the harbor as it woke for the day. They rang out across the hills that top the peninsula and out across the sea. They rang so clearly I swear you might have heard them in Portsmouth. Oh, that you could. The bells rang today for freedom, and for a mission that cost so much yet still chalked up success in so many ways. The most important? That 70 years later, the leaders of the countries that participated in this crucial moment all came together to commemorate the loss and the gain from the calculus of choices made....

Historic B-17 And Hoosier Hero Mark 70th D-Day Anniversary * Indiana Public Media | After flying a number of trainer airplanes, he became qualified to fly B-17 aircraft during WWII. “It got me through 35 missions without getting wounded or anything,” Walter says. Captain John Walters says the commemorative aircraft brings back many ...