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tag | D-Day
June 6, 2024 | 5:00 AM
Band of Brothers is not the only World War II story out there
June 6, 2021 | 9:14 AM
Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart
Several ceremonies are scheduled on Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of D-Day that led to the liberation of France and Europe from the German occupation.
June 5, 2021 | 9:44 AM
D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite the pandemic
Pandemic travel restrictions have prevented veterans or their families from attending this year’s D-Day commemorations. French residents and officials are taking part on their own.
September 15, 2020 | 11:21 AM
For ‘Ike,’ a monument unlike any other: Eisenhower Memorial is dedicated in D.C.
Dwight Eisnhower had several ties to the midstate, including owning a farm outside Gettysburg.
By NPR September 8, 2020 | 3:13 PM
Bill would give Black WWII medic posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is among the politicians sponsoring the legislation. It authorizes the president to award the medal to Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black army medic who saved dozens of wounded troops on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
June 6, 2019 | 8:43 AM
Episode 34: Telling the story of a Pennsylvania soldier rescued on D-Day +1
For months, WITF News Director Tim Lambert has been unraveling the story behind a scene that happened on Omaha Beach in Normandy 75 years ago.
By Katie Meyer/WITF June 6, 2019 | 6:29 AM