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The Stars and Stripes Museum

Did you know there was a museum dedicated to the Stars and Stripes? That history is the feature of a short video.

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Preface to the Normandy Landings on D-Day

To understand D-Day, it’s important to understand the events leading up to the invasion of Normandy.

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American cemeteries in Europe

The American Cemetery in Normandy is one of many cemeteries honoring our military dead in Europe.

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Off the beaten path: following a WWII veteran’s footsteps in Leipzig

When my husband first received his orders to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, we knew we had to follow his grandfather’s footsteps and his map from the 186th across Europe.

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Understanding the Berlin Airlift

The Berlin Airlift is remembered today as one of the greatest feats in the history of military aviation, accomplished in the face of overwhelming odds.

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Boost your D-Day knowledge on board the HMS Belfast

The HMS Belfast rests at anchor in London and played an important role during the D-Day landings.

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Bernard Sandler’s dog tag

Tracking Bernard Sandler, a soldier in the U.S. Army who participated in D-Day, with his dog tags found on a British beach.

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The Girl Who Wore Freedom

The story of a small girl whose French family were liberated on D-Day has been made into a documentary.

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The girl in the picture

The sepia tone gives the photo a sense of history. Three young people, teenagers really, leaning against a World War II truck bumper. All three look happy. Happy because the war had ended less than 24 hours earlier and that meant no one would die today.

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Remembering the Rhine River crossing

Under the command of Gen. George S. Patton and British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, on March 23, 1945, Allied forces made a daring push across the Rhine River and into the German heartland.