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“We’ll start the war from right here!” Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. purportedly declared as his Higgins landing craft drifted about a mile from its target destination on Utah Beach the morning of June 6, 1944. At the age of 56, Roosevelt, the son of President Theodore Roosevelt,...

The officer who stormed Normandy with nothing but a cane and pistol

With elaborate secrecy, Cerberus labored for years to build a new, superior Normandy, a second-generation version of the Alliance frigate SSV Normandy SR-1 after the Collectors destroyed the original. The vehicle's many alterations produced a craft nearly double the original size, requiring an even larger Tantalus drive core to compensate.

Normandy SR-2

War History Online

D-Day changed the course of World War II, and the following are some little-known facts about the historic amphibious landings.

14 Little-Known Facts About the Landings That Changed the Course of WWII

Fox News

At just 18, my dad landed with the first wave at Utah Beach and fought for the next month, until a German bullet pierced his helmet, entering his skull and nearly killing him.

My dad landed on Utah Beach on D-Day. His simple answer on how he did it offers lessons to Americans today

Military Times

The story of D-Day as told by what one war correspondent saw left on the beaches.

‘What they left behind’: Ernie Pyle recalls the carnage of Omaha Beach

New York City, NY

New York Post

A pair of brazen bandits stormed a crowded Brooklyn restaurant and robbed three diners at gunpoint while the horrified dinner crowd looked on, according to cops and a report.

The duo rushed into Williamsburg Chinese hotspot Birds of a Feather with a gun and demanded a $200 Seiko watch and phones from three patrons around 9:35 p.m. in plain view of other customers, police said.

The robbers then fled westbound on a moped on Grand Street with the bounty, according to the NYPD.



Armed robbers posing as delivery drivers raid Colorado family home, assault children

Police said investigators later tracked and recovered three iPhones...

Bandits storm NYC restaurant and rob diners as shocked dinner crowd looks on: cops

Editor's note: This article was originally published on October 2, 2022. It has since been updated. Dena Morris and Jean Gearhart were on an extraordinary mission: finding their older sister, whom they had never met and weren't sure was still alive. Their mother, Dora Rapaport, had spent decades searching for her oldest daughter, Eva. They were separated shortly after being captured and sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis during World War II. Despite enduring several concentration camps and witnessing her immediate family perish in a gas chamber, Rapaport held onto the hope that Eva had somehow survived the Holocaust.

Taken from her mother’s arms at Auschwitz, 75 years later she meets her sisters

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MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused...
The post Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say

USA TODAY

Before they became famous, these men fought in the D-Day invasion in World War II. Here is what they experienced and what they remembered.

You know these four celebrities. You may not know they were part of the D-Day invasion.

The following are 21 of the wildest photos taken during the Second World War. See a completely different side of the conflict.

20 Photos That Will Change How You Think About The Second World War

Explore America’s lesser-known World War II history, from inspiring achievements to painful injustices, through these significant but often overlooked sites. Ready to uncover the full spectrum of America’s wartime past?. 1. Manzanar National Historic Site, California. Once an internment camp for over 110,000 Japanese Americans during WWII, Manzanar...

18 Hidden WWII Stories America Wants to Bury

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Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

Not every prisoner of war (POW) was sent home when the Second World War ended. One man, András Toma, wasn't repatriated until 2000.

András Tomas: The Last World War II POW To Be Repatriated Had To Wait Until 2000

Alexandria, VA

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The SBC has removed another church from it's fellowship. First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, is the latest casualty in the Southern Baptist Convention's war on churches that accept women pastors. The Independent reports that on Tuesday, delegates attending the SBC annual meeting voted 6,759 to 563 to oust the congregation.

A Historic Virginia church was expeled from SBC for asserting that women can be senior pastors

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Why Idaho Ranks in the Top 10 States Americans Are Flocking To in 2024. A lot of Idahoans are saying 'Idaho is FULL! Go find somewhere else to live!'. With that said, MANY people and their families are flocking to this state and calling it home.

Why Is Everyone Relocating To Idaho?

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Denver, CO

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The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

Los Angeles, CA

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San Diego, CA

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – A Chapman University report, published this week, found that unaffordable housing markets in California and across the world pose a threat to the middle class's survival.

Report says unaffordable housing markets in California pose threat to middle class's survival

Cripple Creek, CO

Colorado Jill

(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

Eighty years ago on 6 June, D-Day, the largest land, air and naval operation in history was unleashed to fight the Nazis – led by a group of British troops who crash-landed in Normandy in six flimsy gliders. In 1984, the man who led this mission gave an extraordinary account to the BBC.

'I thought, my God, they're ready for us. They know we've arrived' – How WW2's D-Day began with a death-defying mission

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Locust Valley seniors invade Normandy for 80th D-Day anniversary

Six Locust Valley High School seniors made a remarkable journey to Normandy, France, earlier this month to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Matthew...

Locust Valley seniors invade Normandy for 80th D-Day anniversary

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