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Surrounded in Normandy: The five-day siege that nearly destroyed an American battalion

In August 1944, far from the famous D-Day beaches, nearly 700 U.S. soldiers found themselves completely encircled in the ...

British D-Day hero 'dies a happy man' aged 100 after being granted medal for his role in invasion

Don Butt stormed the Normandy beaches in the first wave at Juno Beach, France, on June 6 1944 after enlisting in the Royal ...