Tag: Operation Overlord

  • Remembrances of D-Day, June 6, 1944

    Remembrances of D-Day, June 6, 1944

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    “OPERATION OVERLORD” MARKED TURNING POINT IN WORLD WAR II by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 6, 2017) — Seventy-three years ago today, tens of thousands of Allied soldiers embarked on a mission from which many did not return: the landing on Normandy Beach in northwest France and scaling of huge cliffs leading to German-occupied territory on June…

  • Hoaxes, Snafus, and Really Dumb Ideas

    Hoaxes, Snafus, and Really Dumb Ideas

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    “OUTSIDE THE BOX” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2014 (Oct. 31, 2014) — For many years we’ve seen news reports of the many outrages of radical Islam in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, from suicide bombers blowing themselves up on buses and in crowded shopping malls, to car bombs exploded near government buildings and police stations,…