The plane crash on a scale the world had never seen before
Seventy-five years ago, a plane crash on a scale the world had never seen before happened in a tiny Welsh village. The aircraft had been packed full of jubilant rugby fans on their way home from ...
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The plane crash on a scale the world had never seen before
Dai and Kathleen Hawkins, in the centre and waving, were pictured as they boarded the plane on its outbound journey to Ireland Seventy-five years ago ... crashed - killing 80 of the 83 people ...
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Wigan D-Day hero gets veteran badge: 80 years late!
Day landings and is already much decorated, not least being a recipient of France’s top military medal the Legion D’Honneur.
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...
80 years after dying, a South Carolina soldier will be laid to rest at Fort Jackson National Cemetery
No one living knew him, but he is alive in letters he exchanged with his family during World War II. You can disappear for ...
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80 Years Ago, U.S. Marines Engaged in Bloody Battle at Iwo Jima
The National WWII Museum gives us a little background story that explains how Jack ended up at the bloody grounds of Iwo Jima at such a young age: “While most 14-year-old boys contributed to the war ...
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Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation
Shizuyo Takeuchi, 94-year-old Tokyo raid survivor, shares her experience in front of a map of the areas damaged during the 1945 Tokyo Firebombing at the Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage on ...
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Watch: 80-year-old grandpa’s first interaction with Alexa captures the internet’s heart
An 80-year-old man's first encounter with Amazon's Alexa became a viral sensation, showcasing the generational technology gap. Attempting to ask about pizza and sausages, Alexa mistakenly ...
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Public's help sought in finding 80-year-old woman with medical condition
The family of an 80-year-old woman is requesting the public's assistance in finding her. Yet Lee was last seen leaving her home in the 4500 block of Bowman Boulevard on Saturday around 11:00 a.m ...
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80-year-old woman’s body found in suitcase on Sauvie Island; police arrest suspect
Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Thursday they believe killed an 80-year-old woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the banks of the Willamette River earlier this week ...
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BMW Launches Historical Website Covering an 80-Year History
Not so BMW, which has just launched a public site that catalogs some 80 years of the company's history, from 1928 through to 2008. If you're a BMW fan, then yes, your favorite pick is in here ...
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Israeli soldiers used 80-year-old Palestinian as Gaza human shield: Report
The Israeli military forced an 80-year-old Palestinian man to act as a human shield in Gaza by tying an explosive cord around his neck and threatening to have his head blown off, an investigation ...